If you run it through Google Translate it comes out in English but without the illustrations.
Mike Harpe On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Alexander Pummer <[email protected]> wrote: > > also there is one FPGA based system already available unfortunately the > description is in German : http://www.cadt.de/dieter/dcf/ > Praezisionsfrequenzmessungen.pdf > > > On 8/8/2014 5:33 PM, Alex Pummer wrote: > >> there was a Swiss ingenieur who designed and published a receiver design >> for the DCF77 which has the same modulation format, also there was a Finish >> design a few years ego also published, therefore, that American company, >> which is promising the chip for a while but instead delivering the chip >> changes it's name... has to be very careful with patent writing. >> 73 >> Alex >> >> On 8/8/2014 4:44 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: >> >>> Without having seen the specific patent, what >>> worries me is that there is a trend these days >>> to write blanket patents that say you can't >>> build any black box that, for example, receives >>> this format, no matter how it works. >>> They don't have to prove what is >>> in your FPGA code. They then can shut down any >>> competition with such a weak patent unless the >>> competition has deep pockets for a lawyer. If >>> they can prove you willfully infringed (whatever >>> that means), they get triple damages. If you >>> do any kind of patent search, do not keep any >>> records or tell anyone about it. >>> >>> Possibly you could make the FPGA code available >>> on the internet and have the end user be the >>> infringer. Not being a lawyer, I'm not sure >>> if this would get you off the hook. Maybe >>> they can hang their hat on the digital copyright >>> law (DCMA?) , in which case you become a criminal too. >>> >>> Rick Karlquist N6RK >>> >>> On 8/8/2014 3:24 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Mike: >>>> >>>> Do you have any patent numbers. >>>> >>>> Have Fun, >>>> >>>> Brooke Clarke >>>> http://www.PRC68.com >>>> http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html >>>> http://www.prc68.com/I/DietNutrition.html >>>> >>>> Mike Harpe wrote: >>>> >>>>> >From my reading of the archives and research it appears that the >>>>> design for >>>>> a BPSK WWVB receiver probably has a patent conflict. >>>>> >>>>> Isn't this a rehash of the old Heathkit patent on radio clocks that >>>>> held >>>>> back their adoption for years? >>>>> >>>>> I have begun work on a BPSK receiver for WWVB using an FPGA. >>>>> >>>>> Someone should look into why the NIST did this at all since the >>>>> receiver >>>>> design got a patent slapped on it right away. >>>>> >>>>> Mike Harpe, N4PLE >>>>> Sellersburg, IN >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ >>> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
