Link ERROR-> > My main modules concerning mostly the video: > ftp://ftp.pages.infinit.net/bd2.jpg 93kb
Correct link-> http://pages.infinit.net/helloftp/bd2.jpg 93kb _____________ Brian Guralnick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Guralnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] patent OT > > Brian, you thief! You pirate! How dare you design an illegal descrambler > > box! And you had the audacity to get a patent on it! ;-) > > Actually, my largest customers were legitimate cable companies, who > wanted to keep using their existing discontinued encoders for cheaper > channels, where they did not want to up-grade their head end, but maintain > multi-platform compatibility. My partner and I were even investigated by > federal forces, and I we were cleared for distributing the cable boxes in > the states. > > > Seriously, though, how was this different than the descramblers for cable > > TV? I remember using a cable descrambler (a legal one) as early as 1982. > > That predates your patent quite a bit. > > Well, my unit is basically a Time-Base-Corrector, with a narrow PLL > locked to the silent time during sync & color subcarrier burst just after. > It actually doesn't care for how the signal was originally encoded. > 1982?, could you mean 1992? > > ------------------ > > > Side note: that USB audio uber-codec you are working on, does it have > SPDIF > > in/out? I'd like to connect it to the coax digital input on my Yamaha > > receiver. > > There is no definition in the SPDIF standard. I can output a SACD > compliant bit stream, 24bit/chan, 192Khz + preamp control, from my digital > side, however, I doubt you will find a better analog out than my analog pod, > unless you already have a DA unit with a transformer-tube IV conversion > stage, and a 128 step passive attenuator stage. > It will be possible to run a standard Ethernet cable from the PC digital > side unit to you living room with a DA converter side. Note that you will > also have a HDTV picture embedded in the signal as well. > > ----------------------- > > My main modules concerning mostly the video: > ftp://ftp.pages.infinit.net/bd2.jpg 93kb > They are now being stuffed, I expect to have them sometime next week. > I have 2 more audio modules, out of 6, to finish, their Gerbers will be > going out by Friday this week. > > > _____________ > Brian Guralnick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] patent OT > > > > > You mean something like this: > > > > > > > > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 > > > &u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6058192.WKU.&OS=PN/6058192&RS=PN/60 > > 58192 > > > > > > > Brian, you thief! You pirate! How dare you design an illegal descrambler > > box! And you had the audacity to get a patent on it! ;-) > > > > Seriously, though, how was this different than the descramblers for cable > > TV? I remember using a cable descrambler (a legal one) as early as 1982. > > That predates your patent quite a bit. > > > > Side note: that USB audio uber-codec you are working on, does it have > SPDIF > > in/out? I'd like to connect it to the coax digital input on my Yamaha > > receiver. Right now I take the SPDIF output from the Soundblaster Live > and > > convert it to RS485 differential signal with optical isolation (using > > homebrew circuitry), run it into the living room over unused Cat5 pair, > and > > convert it back to SPDIF. I'd want to do the same thing with yours. Can > it > > be used that way? > > > > Best regards, > > Ivan Baggett > > Bagotronix Inc. > > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian Guralnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] License Legalities OT > > > > > > > You mean something like this: > > > > > > > > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 > > > &u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6058192.WKU.&OS=PN/6058192&RS=PN/60 > > 58192 > > > > > > _____________ > > > Brian Guralnick > > > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
