WARNING! Fake HP-41 Flex-PCBs at eBay.

[Diego Diaz]

Hi Martin,

And thanks for your kind words on my designs.

I have nonetheless to disagree on one detail.

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" But I would not necessarily call these "fakes" which implies "no function"."

As far as I know most any fake Rolex will still work and quite likely offer the *correct* time. "Fake", IMHO, means "Not genuine", "a copy"; and therefore of dubious quality regardless if it works or not.

Any person involved in PCB design could certify that these boards are copies just by looking at the pictures on eBay, and comparing them with the ones in my web site.

   

BTW, anyone with a flat scanner and a Gerber files extraction SW can copy any PCB board nowadays. Not a big deal.

Oh, and thanks also for appreciating the improvements on the new Flex-PCB design, not only the dotted lines are helpful, also the wider contact area allows more tolerance when it comes to the board positioning. :-)

Best regards from the Canary Islands.

Diego.