[sdiy] The future of synth DIY

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Martin Czech <czech at Micronas.Com>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] The future of synth DIY
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 13:25:07 +0100 (MET)

> and turn arround time.
> 
> discrete: no function. why? measure all nodes, ah pnp instead npn
>           fixed, 2hours elapsed time
> 
> integrated: no function. why? heck, can't measure anything, e-beam to noisy,
>             after severall days of ion milling, the 101th hyphothesis
>             seems to hold true. Design change, fab run.
>             samples, ok, better but not good,
>             the next error that was hidden by the previous.
>             elapsed time: 8 weeks
>             
> 
> Discrete diy soldering and integration of monolithic circuits have
> nothing in common. Design engineers for monolithic chips spend
> *a lot* of time to think about "possible" errors in advance.
> You wouldn't do that in discrete circuits, because it's so easy
> to simply solder it and measure afterwards.

Yeah? Well, wait until you seen programmers in action! Their quick
cycle-time doesn't lend itself to good planning and analysis. Only the
great programmers do that, weither on paper or in their head is
another thing.

Cheers,
Magnus