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Old 8th January 2009 | 23:10
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CONF iture
 
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Now, one) reading a memory board from a specific manufacturer needs a fair amount of hardware and software,which BEA would not necessarily have in place, and two) the bits and bytes from the memories are meaningless, until you have the full decoding software to translate them to the actual parameters being recorded, which can also vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
ChristiaanJ, I suggest you have a closer look to the BEA website where they are proud to announce their capabilities

(my own translation ...)

Before reading any data, a phase of observation and risk assessment is carried out.
It is necessary to isolate the component by unsoldering it.
To limit the risk of data loss, temperature is monitored throughout the process.
You can read the raw memory with a drive designed for the needs of the technical investigation.

These exams require the use of tools developed specifically for the needs of BEA

In case of damaged components, the avionics laboratory is able to extract the data down to the level of the chip
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