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Electronics => Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff => Topic started by: TradieTrev on September 23, 2012, 07:25:01 am

Title: Fancy PCB Cutout (HP Easter Egg)
Post by: TradieTrev on September 23, 2012, 07:25:01 am

G'day guys,

Curious to know "what were they thinking" after designing this HP Laptop expansion pack. Functionally it's a simple sata + data connector, practically I can see many hours of unwanted and wasted effort.

What do you see?

- Trev

Title: Re: Fancy PCB Cutout's no-one sees
Post by: T4P on September 23, 2012, 07:35:22 am

I have seen loads of easter eggs on HP consumer equipments  :P

Title: Re: Fancy PCB Cutout's no-one sees
Post by: rollatorwieltje on September 23, 2012, 08:30:04 am

Maybe they had a minimum size requirement for easy assembly and the designer tried the "shape to board outline" feature of his CAD tool? It doesn't exactly look like wasted hours, more like half a lunch break.

Too bad easter eggs are not allowed at the company I work for :'(

Title: Re: Fancy PCB Cutout's no-one sees
Post by: EEVblog on September 23, 2012, 08:31:42 am

Quote from: rollatorwieltje on September 23, 2012, 08:30:04 am

Too bad easter eggs are not allowed at the company I work for :'(

If you tell them, you're doing it wrong  ;D

Dave.

Title: Re: Fancy PCB Cutout (HP Easter Egg)
Post by: amyk on September 23, 2012, 09:10:46 am

It's a "conveniently shaped handle for easy removal and installation" :)

Title: Re: Fancy PCB Cutout's no-one sees
Post by: rollatorwieltje on September 23, 2012, 10:42:49 am

Quote from: EEVblog on September 23, 2012, 08:31:42 am

Quote from: rollatorwieltje on September 23, 2012, 08:30:04 am

Too bad easter eggs are not allowed at the company I work for :'(

If you tell them, you're doing it wrong  ;D

Dave.

I didn't, I was caught ;D
Nothing serious happened, we just had a laugh and decided to remove it. It was a little easter egg in the user interface.
_{I did manage to sneak it into a development tool instead :P}

Title: Re: Fancy PCB Cutout (HP Easter Egg)
Post by: TradieTrev on September 23, 2012, 12:28:09 pm

Thanks for the input! My first easter egg find makes a nice keyring, we'll see how long it lasts lol