Would there be interest in a project like this:
1) CAD drawings along with an explanation of the theory behind the design were solicited from you guys
2) a mfgr rapid prototypes the best designs
3) I tested the prototypes
I was recently approached about this by a mfgr, and I can see this going both ways. On the one hand, people are basically giving up the design of their block to a company who will profit from it. This is bad. On the other hand, I would bet we could add something like
4) Change parameters like copper/water ratio, channel/fin/pin thickness and density, baseplate thickness, etc to completely optimize the design
and then everyone would learn a whole lot from the process. I can see this kind of setup working well as long as there is some mechanism in place for people to receive some renumeration for their designs if used at a later date.
Ok back to slacking now...
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