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Offline StonentTopic starter

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Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« on: January 04, 2014, 05:02:37 am »
 :-DD

I'd buy one and send it to Dave, but really what's the point, how many ways can you do black blob on paper thin circuit board?

What gets me is the blatant Casio rip-off. They don't even try to hide it, aside from not having a Casio logo.

This $1.79 beauty was for sale at the "99c" store in my city. Yeah I know it wasn't 99c and nothing they sell is.


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Re: Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2014, 05:15:24 am »
Don't turn it on....Take it apart
 

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Re: Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2014, 05:55:35 am »
Don't turn it on....Take it apart

I may go back anyway and buy it just for fun.
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Re: Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2014, 06:01:04 am »
I have heard that there are non-pcb ones floating around. I guess you'd just print carbon traces for that sort of thing.
 

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Re: Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2014, 09:20:46 am »
I have heard that there are non-pcb ones floating around. I guess you'd just print carbon traces for that sort of thing.

You wouldnt even need resistors you could just laser trim the carbon track  |O
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Re: Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2014, 09:23:18 am »
I have heard that there are non-pcb ones floating around. I guess you'd just print carbon traces for that sort of thing.

I did a video where opened up a Casio with no PCB in it, just flex. The solar power video?
 

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Re: Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2014, 10:03:29 am »
That doesn't look like an authentic fake. It would have more credibility with a suitable typo like "Scientific Caculator"   ;)
 

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Re: Looks legit, right? (Fake Casio Calculator)
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2014, 10:31:31 am »
Ughh, those horrible soft keys...
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