frantone copyright strike

[steviejr92]

Who the heck is selling fake electrovibe pcbs?

 

[Robert]

Oh and one more thing....

When you become a big boutique builder don't get mad if I trace your pedal.

 

[Robert]

Who the heck is selling fake electrovibe pcbs?

I can't recall who the seller is, it's someone out of the USA...

He's basically selling several verbatim ripoffs of a few PCBs from here.

 

[steviejr92]

I can't recall who the seller is, it's someone out of the USA...

He's basically selling several verbatim ripoffs of a few PCBs from here.

That’s pretty wild…but not surprising.

 

[Robert]

Yeah it comes with the territory I reckon.

His trace is all wrong anyway.

 

[KR Sound]

You can name it whatever you want, no credit to PedalPCB is required. You can even hide the branding / logo if you want.

All I ask if that you don't sell "counterfeits" using other companies names or artwork and make sure it's clear that it's your build and any technical support / warranty is provided by you.

I have no problem helping folks troubleshoot an assembled pedal they bought on Reverb, I just don't want them coming expecting a refund or warranty repair for something I didn't build.

Also don't rip off the PCB layout... You're more than welcome to use the schematic to design your own board, but do that, don't duplicate the PCB like that dude selling fake ElectroVibe PCBs.

I like to keep your branding there as a sign of quality and will never black it out.

I have copied a couple of your layouts to see if I could create traces in an efficient manner as an exercise. I did the Cataclysm delay and I ended up nowhere near how you did it. That process is still mind boggling to me and that initial rats nest is exactly how my brain sees it the entire time!

 

[Robert]

MONSTER!

 

[KR Sound]

MONSTER!

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Back when I did architectural CAD work and design, we’d do the ol’ horizontal flip to get around copyrights

So all my controls are just going to be backwards

 

[Robert]

Back when I did architectural CAD work and design, we’d do the ol’ horizontal flip to get around copyrights

I tried that once but I threw out my back and still got sued.

So all my controls are just going to be backwards

You never know, they might actually be the right way around when you get done.

 

[Robert]

That process is still mind boggling to me and that initial rats nest is exactly how my brain sees it the entire time!

I call BS. I've seen your layouts, you've got this.

 

[KR Sound]

I call BS. I've seen your layouts, you've got this.

Thanks. You should see how long they take me though!

 

[Robert]

Thanks. You should see how long they take me though!

Kidding... your teardrops look way cooler than mine.

Diptrace doesn't give them that nice curved taper like KiCad....

 

[KR Sound]

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Kidding... your teardrops look way cooler than mine.

Diptrace doesn't give them that nice curved taper like KiCad....

I just push the ‘Add Teardrops’ button in KiCad and change some settings. No work on my part.

 

[Robert]

DipTrace is similar, but they don't look as nice.

 

[KR Sound]

DipTrace is similar, but they don't look as nice.

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You get to tweak them quite a bit here. I just select curved for everything and keep the default values.



and they create zones associated to the appropriate net



Even smds can get them.

 

[Robert]

Ahh yep, nice! Diptrace has everything except the "Curved" option.

I suppose I could do it manually, but since I use all black soldermask no one would know but me.

 

[KR Sound]

Exactly. It really only shines with the OSH Park clear solder mask. If JLC offered that, there'd be a pcb design revolution!

 

[vigilante398]

I've been designing PCBs for 8 years including professionally for 6 years and I had no idea teardrops on pads was a thing until today. Have I been doing it wrong this whole time?

 

[Robert]

You can do no solder mask, but then you don't have the fancy black substrate.

 

[Robert]

I've been designing PCBs for 8 years including professionally for 6 years and I had no idea teardrops on pads was a thing until today.

It's apparently some fancy engineer thermal deal, but really it just looks cool like cross hatch ground planes.

(You engineers ain't foolin me)