OK, I'm just whining. How many of you have designed something that was very useful for you, and posted it on a forum to help some other participant…for their personal project. Then you later find that someone has taken your exact concept or design and gone commercial. I supposed you should feel flattered!…but you feel…robbed?
A year and half ago I posted this in a forum thread:
All About Circuits Forum - View Single Post - How to build a current detector switch circuit for home outlet
Yesterday I got a flyer from Woodcraft and found this:
**broken link removed**
Not that auto-start shop dust collector controls haven’t been around for some time, it’s my delayed–start/delayed-stop that was unique.
Three years ago I posted this:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/TIG Pulser.txt
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/TIG_Pulser_front.jpg
I recently was informed, be someone that wanted to build mine, about this:
**broken link removed**
Look kind of familiar? OK, they switched the LEDs and Rate control positions. The two LEDs indicating high/low current and pulse rate scale that switches from Hz to Sec at 1 Sec/Hz are just too unique to be coincidence.
I have no claim except that they were made for my job and I suppose that the intellectual property does belong to my employer. But, since they're an educational institution I doubt they will want to spend scarce funds on it.
Ken
A year and half ago I posted this in a forum thread:
All About Circuits Forum - View Single Post - How to build a current detector switch circuit for home outlet
Yesterday I got a flyer from Woodcraft and found this:
**broken link removed**
Not that auto-start shop dust collector controls haven’t been around for some time, it’s my delayed–start/delayed-stop that was unique.
Three years ago I posted this:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/TIG Pulser.txt
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/TIG_Pulser_front.jpg
I recently was informed, be someone that wanted to build mine, about this:
**broken link removed**
Look kind of familiar? OK, they switched the LEDs and Rate control positions. The two LEDs indicating high/low current and pulse rate scale that switches from Hz to Sec at 1 Sec/Hz are just too unique to be coincidence.
I have no claim except that they were made for my job and I suppose that the intellectual property does belong to my employer. But, since they're an educational institution I doubt they will want to spend scarce funds on it.
Ken
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