On: Comparing Hobby PCB Vendors

[Scoundreller]

> I'd worry about counterfeits more now.

Counterfeit components or, ahem, Bigger runs of your board being done than you ordered?

[kurthr → Scoundreller]

That was mostly a concern with the CMs. We had the advantage of owning the Main ASIC FW and the Driver so a serial# challenge response could detect fakes. Difficulty was doing that without implementing public key on a tiny micro and keeping reverse engineering difficult.