[time-nuts] Teardown of Chinese made eBay GPS antenna.

[Van Horn, David]

I wasn't making any comment about Chinese goods, just the component in question.

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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Teardown of Chinese made eBay GPS antenna.

I wish people would lighten up on Chinese goods. Perhaps you are not aware that China builds for and sells to both the DOD and NASA. Chinese manufacturers build to the specs they are given. You want cheap crap, they'll build cheap crap. You want top quality, they'll build top quality.


On Thursday, February 22, 2018, Van Horn, David < david.vanhorn at backcountryaccess.com> wrote:

> According to the data sheet, it looks pretty well in spec, and the 
> part has thermal shutdown.
> http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/mic5203.pdf
>
> ESD hit maybe?
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