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Medtronics' "open source ventilator" bullshit PR
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mikeselectricstuff:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/30/medtronic-shares-ventilation-design-specifications-to-accelerate-efforts-to-increase-global-ventilator-production-medtronic/

Link ( no registration version ) : https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/e/open-files/thank-you.html


--- Quote ---More documents pertaining to the PB560 ventilator system will be available here soon.
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Yeah right - believe it when I see it. Why release an incomplete set of docs other than for free publicity?

BTW there is a 555 timer in there !
thm_w:
Still cool to take a look at the schematics, even if the rest of the stuff is never released.
free_electron:
hey, you got the source ... just like so many other 'open source' projects ... half document , unworkable , not turnkey , and in a format that no machine can read , or using obsolete cad systems
m98:
Better than I thought. Especially the requirements documents are probably the most important base for someone wanting to create a derived product.
The schematics are about as simple as expected, so unless you wanted to make a 1:1 clone, it's not a big deal to recreate the PCBs. Rewriting the software is probably the bigger challenge, in the very likely case they don't release their source code.
tooki:

--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on March 30, 2020, 10:19:56 pm ---https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/30/medtronic-shares-ventilation-design-specifications-to-accelerate-efforts-to-increase-global-ventilator-production-medtronic/

Link ( no registration version ) : https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/e/open-files/thank-you.html


--- Quote ---More documents pertaining to the PB560 ventilator system will be available here soon.
--- End quote ---
Yeah right - believe it when I see it. Why release an incomplete set of docs other than for free publicity?

BTW there is a 555 timer in there !

--- End quote ---
Why the cynicism? Who pissed in your corn flakes this morning?

Who cares what their motivations are, if what they are doing is clearly a good thing?

Of all the things to get your panties in a twist about, this one just doesn't make sense.
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