On Friday, March 9, 2012 3:02:07 PM UTC, nixiebunny wrote: > > On 3/9/12 6:53 AM, Nick wrote: > > Its a very bad bit of quality control if this really happened as > > stated... regrettably, the problem would only manifest itself with the > > destruction of the RP... > > > > Nick > > It's not likely to cause a problem at all, since there is also a set of > transformers inside the hub that you plug it into. Still, there is the > potential for trouble > Maybe, maybe not - it depends on how long the cable is, the electrical environment in place and whether, to abuse a phrase, "Do I feel lucky?"... Naughty cheapskates at the fab - you save a few cents by not having magnetics in the socket, and its unlikely that anyone will notice until its too late.
Embarrassing for RS & Farnell, both of whom are mainstream professional suppliers in the DigiKey & Newark (owned by Farnell) mold . Doubly embarrassing for the RPi lot... Big black mark against the fab & their QA people... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/RcpBtAr01IIJ. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
