[sdiy] 4053b

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Hi Aaron,

If you have a solderless breadboard, you can test these.  It's possible that
the problem is external to these ICs.  I handle 4000 series CMOS ICs regularly
and they seem to be quite robust.  I've never had one fail, period.

"Aaron McCann" <velcropaw at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am building an ASM-1 (on my own boards) and have been experiencing 
>problems with the 4053bs in the ADSR.  I have 3 of them and they all seem to 
>do different wierd things. I have been careful about static, but perhaps the 
>wristband isn't enough??
>
>Has anyone else expericed flakeyness with these chips?  I have the NTE 
>brand.
>
>Thanks,
>aaron
>
>
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