Re: [M100] counterfeit parts

2015-11-04 Thread John Gardner
...seems like an *awfully* generic and low-cost part to bother counterfeiting... Nothing is thrown away in China. When times are good, a goodly amount of "counterfeits" are factory production rejects. When times are less good and demand slackens. value is engineered out at the factory to suit

[M100] counterfeit parts

2015-11-04 Thread Stephen Adolph
Well I got my first counterfeit parts from China recently. I went to build up the first T102 QUAD, and voila no workey. suspect one part, looks funny. swap it and voila! almost working... hah. So, I have a hardware thing to sort out, tbd on that, but interesting that the 74HC02 was fake.

Re: [M100] counterfeit parts

2015-11-04 Thread Stephen Adolph
maybe.. will have to try another part... you are right, why fake that part On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Josh Malone wrote: > 7402 fake? That seems like an *awfully* generic and low-cost part to > bother counterfeiting. Maybe it's just a really terrible batch? > > On

Re: [M100] counterfeit parts

2015-11-04 Thread Josh Malone
7402 fake? That seems like an *awfully* generic and low-cost part to bother counterfeiting. Maybe it's just a really terrible batch? On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote: > Well I got my first counterfeit parts from China recently. I went to build > up the