I've order man of these russian PLA (plastic+ceramic variant) and burned them with TopMaxII. So far no problems IF programming was possible. Some of the parts were not burnt before but had some cells which I could not burn. I guess that the have slightly different parameters for programming. But that's just a guess! On 14/07/2020 13:41, Justin wrote: > It looks like our hobby is not remotely alone since this is in el Reg > today: > > https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/14/fake_ds18b20_sensor_chips/ > > Justin > >> On Jul 14, 2020, at 02:26, silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl >> <mailto:silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl> wrote: >> >> >> On 14/07/2020 05:01, dave_m wrote: >> >>> I assume these chips have been previously programmed or are fakes. >> >> I wouldn't be highly surprised. Especially that they seem to get >> posted sporadically in various, relatively small batches[*]. I also >> acquired some. Presumably from the same seller. Didn't have time to >> check whether they can be programmed yet. >> >> >> * - I imagine finding unused stock (NOS) of no longer produced >> devices is not something that happens every couple months. Looks more >> like harvesting them from old equipment, in which case I find it hard >> to believe that they aren't programmed. >> >Received on 2020-07-14 14:00:34
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