Chinese copycats

[Nico Coesel]

I bought two of these to test power supplies:
http://www.array.sh/yq-3700e.htm

The style of the casings looks familiar doesn't it? When I received
them I found out that they copied the old style HP casings! The
handles fit perfectly on my old HP 5334A counter

 

[HectorZeroni]

You have that wrong. They were making them for HP to begin with.

It is funny. There are about ten different major camera makers right
now and some other "consumer product makers" who all have this one type
of 14Mpixel macro zoom camera, which Olympus first released.They must
have OEMd out the design similarly to the old Canon print engine era.

 

[miso]

I bought two of these to test power supplies:
http://www.array.sh/yq-3700e.htm

The style of the casings looks familiar doesn't it? When I received
them I found out that they copied the old style HP casings! The
handles fit perfectly on my old HP 5334A counter

Most electronic loads can handle static tests. When you are
characterizing parts for transients, homebrew schemes of power fets and
real resistors is the way to go.

The bean counters encourage the ODM/OEMs. However, as you pointed out,
the market rapidly figures out who makes what and just buys from the
cheapest source.

I never shopped Harbor Freight until the Home Depot or Lowes started to
sell the made in China crap. If I'm going to get Chinese crap, I expect
Chinese prices.

 

[Michael Wieser]

Array makes a DVM that is ubiquitous. It's rebranded as the Keithley
2100 and a zillion others. It's like Nynmrod: many many names.

http://www.array.sh/M3500A.htm

http://www.keithley.com/products/dcac/dmm/broadpurpose/?mn=2100120

http://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/products/model_1201.html

http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/picotest/m3500a.htm

http://www.timeelectronics.com/products/5065-6.5-digit-multimeter


I had a few, sent them back.

Why?

Array tried to find a Distributor here in AT and asked me for doing
that, but.... I didn`t find something like reputation about them in
the Inet, so I refused

regards
-
Michael Wieser
--

 

[Nico Coesel]

could be they bought them from the same place HP did?

These casings have a plastic front and a handle on BOTH sides. HP
would never do that. Its definitely a copy. OTOH its better than
trying to invent the most unlike-a-scope oscilloscope:

http://www.testoon.com/images_produit/001813-full.jpg

remember half a story from somewhere something like this,

some guy bought a set of aftermarket hinges for a muscle car or
something like
that and when he got the he was really confused since that looked
exactly like
the ones his dad had made himself 30 years ago when he had a car like
it.

turns out the part had been impossible to get and at some point a
parts dealer
had bolted a set off a car and sent them to china and told them to
make a bunch
just like it, it just so happen the car they took them from didn't
have the original
hinges it was the car the guys dad had made new hinges for himself

Thats a pretty cool story

A while ago I read an article on the Chinese education system. Over
there they hammer out any form of initiative or thinking for
themselves. So they are left with about a billion people that cannot
think outside the box let alone invent something new.

 

[josephkk]

These casings have a plastic front and a handle on BOTH sides. HP
would never do that. Its definitely a copy. OTOH its better than
trying to invent the most unlike-a-scope oscilloscope:

http://www.testoon.com/images_produit/001813-full.jpg


Thats a pretty cool story

A while ago I read an article on the Chinese education system. Over
there they hammer out any form of initiative or thinking for
themselves. So they are left with about a billion people that cannot
think outside the box let alone invent something new.

50 years ago that same thing was said about the Japanese. Then came the
caveat that they sure copy good. Next it was said, they keep improving
things done well. Then they took over consumer electronics. Then they
took over compact cars. etc.
What is being said about China now? Please remember that are competitive
in fastest supercomputer. Their own chip design too. You may soon find
value to reconsider.

?-)