Re: Stolen designs


"Terry Given" <my_name@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1150094819.311915@xxxxxxxxxx

I reverse-engineer stuff all the time. Likewise I collect schematics of
test gear etc. you never know when you might come across an idea worth
stealing :)

more often though, the trick is to figure out the underlying principles
of any "nice" circuit, then apply those principles to your thing.

Cheers
Terry

Ditto!.
I've just spotted a couple of neat features in a Wavetek 190, function
generator output amplifier and have already used ideas I've come across in
HP kit.
It's enormous fun to figure out someone else's hard work but subsequent use
of one of these 'not-invented-here' techniques always give me a bit of
guilt. S'pose I know deep down, it's stealing.
Best thing is for equipment makers not to allow their circuitry out of the
bulding. Won't stop determined copiers but'll stop people like me.
john


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