augiedoggy
Well-Known Member
I have owned one of the many different designs of the RKC rex-c100 pids from china (the real original is made in Japan) anyway I have noticed they auber pids use the same exact enclosures as the RKC and chinese knock offs... and similar front display board as well the same rear connector type. and the exact same retainer ring for the case...
Since the auber brand pids are made in china as well as the chinese clones and the RKc brand pids which used the exact same case ,display board and layout is made in Japan I cant help but be curious of who makes what and who copied who?
No doubt the firmware for the auber units is likely written in the states by Aubrins and possibly even flashed here but the question remained who makes what and who has copied who? obviously it looks as if someone may have copied someone else here or one company is manufacturing for the other? did RKC in japan make a deal to use the same enclosure and connector layout or do they just share the same OEM in china?
Here are some pictured of the auber unit in another thread dissassembled http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?146515-PID-Controller-Gone-Bad.. followed by some pictures of my Cheap rexc100 which states its a real rkc unit made in japan but shipped from china for $20 including a fotek knockoff ssr ,heatsink and TC probe...HMM..(BTW this one does drive an ssr with no modifications needed unlike some found there with completely different boards inside the big realy in my pic is for the alarm output.)
Could it be that maybe both RKC and aubrins just share the same case manufacturer in china and a company there is making many of these knock offs? (different company than the one auberins uses to make the auber pids there.)
Since the auber brand pids are made in china as well as the chinese clones and the RKc brand pids which used the exact same case ,display board and layout is made in Japan I cant help but be curious of who makes what and who copied who?
No doubt the firmware for the auber units is likely written in the states by Aubrins and possibly even flashed here but the question remained who makes what and who has copied who? obviously it looks as if someone may have copied someone else here or one company is manufacturing for the other? did RKC in japan make a deal to use the same enclosure and connector layout or do they just share the same OEM in china?
Here are some pictured of the auber unit in another thread dissassembled http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?146515-PID-Controller-Gone-Bad.. followed by some pictures of my Cheap rexc100 which states its a real rkc unit made in japan but shipped from china for $20 including a fotek knockoff ssr ,heatsink and TC probe...HMM..(BTW this one does drive an ssr with no modifications needed unlike some found there with completely different boards inside the big realy in my pic is for the alarm output.)
Could it be that maybe both RKC and aubrins just share the same case manufacturer in china and a company there is making many of these knock offs? (different company than the one auberins uses to make the auber pids there.)
