[ARC5] Manufacturing and expertise, (was Switching DC-DC Power Supplies)

[Peter Gottlieb]

Short vs long term goals. The present system incentivizes corporations to optimize short term profit over strategic goals. 


Peter

> On Oct 15, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Leslie Smith <vk2bcu at operamail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Hello All,
>  There are two points here.  So - the chip has only Chinese
>  identification?
> 
>   In the long run, engineering expertise migrates to the geographical
>   location where items are made.
>  This is because the manufacturing process (and manufacturing
>  equipment) always reveals problems in the process or finished product.
>  The production line is the only place where the problem can be fixed
>  and is often the place where the problem is identified.
> 
>  So expertise migrates to the factory (or whatever).
> 
>  If a product began in USA (IC chips, for example) there is a strong
>  chance it will be lost to the 'host' country - in this example China.
>  The cycle may take decades (probably will take decades) - but the end
>  result is inevitable.
>  I'm not an economist, but I'm not sure that training in economics
>  gives insights like this.
> 
>  73 de Les Smith
>  vk2bcu at operamail.com
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015, at 03:31, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
>> Probably true in most cases, but the chip on my converter has four
>> Chinese characters but no numbers at all!I was very surprised to see
>> that.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     On Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:14 PM, "mstangelo at comcast.net"
>>     <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> The Chinese ones are usually based on a typical application of the IC
>> chip manufacturer.
>> 
>> Find out which IC is used and look at the data an dapplication sheets.
>> 
>> Mike N2MS
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
>> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:30:12 -0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: [ARC5] Switching DC-DC Power Supplies
>> 
>> By the way, does anyone have any idea how to get inside some of the 12VDC
>> to 125VAC off-the shelf inverters and change the output voltage to
>> something a bit lower?
>> 
>> Wayne
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