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I'd love to put a feeler out there to spur on some innovation 
I want to initiate a contest, for the best working boost driver PCB design. However, there's a twist. The idea isn't just to encourage someone to build a driver that they could then sell or produce exclusively. Rather, my notion is that the contest be for the creation of an "open-source" public domain boost driver schematic and PCB layout. Here's my idea of the constraints within which this contest would run:
This is a "work in progress" and still a feeler. The rules below are just proposals, awaiting more feedback from members.
General requirements:
1) All submitted designs must be "donated" to the community's intellectual pool of knowledge. Meaning that everyone would then be free to (UPDATE TEXT) use, modify, create copies for strictly personal use, improve upon, iterate, collaborate on, and alter the design.
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1.B) However, selling, manufacturing, distributing or producing via GB, essentially the same circuit (regardless of PCB layout differences) may only occur with the author's permission. While recognizing that this is not a strict legally enforceable principal, we request that all members of this forum encourage adherence with this provision. "Encouraging adherence with this provision" could include actions such as voicing disapproval, or refusing to purchase / support future drivers that fail to respect this provision.
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1.C) The rule in 1.B is not meant to prevent anyone from creating improved drivers using similar components, as long as they are substantially different from the original driver circuit submitted here.
2) No blatent copying of an existing schematic or design. You can't take an O-Like circuit and reproduce it. You can't duplicate a Flexdrive. Etc. Even though the idea is to create an open driver design here, that doesn't mean that entries can disregard the fact that previous drivers weren't created under our open model. So, respect prior art.
3) Entries must be demonstrated to WORK, and include both a visual circuit diagram, and a usable PCB schematic in a popular format.
4) Two month time limit. IE, end of June deadline for all submissions.
Specific requirements:
A) Ability to run a 445nm at 1400mA from a single 18650 lithium ion.
B) Size constraints TBA (input guys?)
Prize Contributions (would be great to get as much offered as possible):
RHD: 1x 445nm A140 diode
Thoughts?
This is a feeler, not an actual contest, until we get some feedback from the community as to whether this is a good/bad/stupid idea, or whether it may need some tweaking to be a reasonable undertaking.
I want to initiate a contest, for the best working boost driver PCB design. However, there's a twist. The idea isn't just to encourage someone to build a driver that they could then sell or produce exclusively. Rather, my notion is that the contest be for the creation of an "open-source" public domain boost driver schematic and PCB layout. Here's my idea of the constraints within which this contest would run:This is a "work in progress" and still a feeler. The rules below are just proposals, awaiting more feedback from members.
General requirements:
1) All submitted designs must be "donated" to the community's intellectual pool of knowledge. Meaning that everyone would then be free to (UPDATE TEXT) use, modify, create copies for strictly personal use, improve upon, iterate, collaborate on, and alter the design.
(INSERTION)
1.B) However, selling, manufacturing, distributing or producing via GB, essentially the same circuit (regardless of PCB layout differences) may only occur with the author's permission. While recognizing that this is not a strict legally enforceable principal, we request that all members of this forum encourage adherence with this provision. "Encouraging adherence with this provision" could include actions such as voicing disapproval, or refusing to purchase / support future drivers that fail to respect this provision.
(INSERTION)
1.C) The rule in 1.B is not meant to prevent anyone from creating improved drivers using similar components, as long as they are substantially different from the original driver circuit submitted here.
2) No blatent copying of an existing schematic or design. You can't take an O-Like circuit and reproduce it. You can't duplicate a Flexdrive. Etc. Even though the idea is to create an open driver design here, that doesn't mean that entries can disregard the fact that previous drivers weren't created under our open model. So, respect prior art.
3) Entries must be demonstrated to WORK, and include both a visual circuit diagram, and a usable PCB schematic in a popular format.
4) Two month time limit. IE, end of June deadline for all submissions.
Specific requirements:
A) Ability to run a 445nm at 1400mA from a single 18650 lithium ion.
B) Size constraints TBA (input guys?)
Prize Contributions (would be great to get as much offered as possible):
RHD: 1x 445nm A140 diode
Thoughts?
This is a feeler, not an actual contest, until we get some feedback from the community as to whether this is a good/bad/stupid idea, or whether it may need some tweaking to be a reasonable undertaking.
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