[sdiy] Looks like EFM is down for the count

[laxt57 at aol.com]

 Hi to All
  Wow, this has been a bad year for sdiy, another supplier gone.
 Really I must say I think EFM went down about six months ago.
 I only received one(1) module out of all that I ordered, I had to
 modify it heavily to get it working.
 If any are interested here is a link to a yahoo group that
 maybe can take the place of the EFM forum. The EFM forum
 due to the nice members was EFM's only saving grace.
 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/EFM_3500/
 Jeri
 
-----Original Message-----
From: megaohm <megaohm1 at gmail.com>
To: Synth DIY <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:34:28 -0600
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Looks like EFM is down for the count


  I bought a bunch of EFM boards when I was just starting out. Half of them worked right away, the other half didn't. Caused me a fair amount of frustration. That was back when my SDIY skills amounted to the ability to "paint by numbers" ( i.e.: no experimenting, no bread board, just stuff the pcb, wire it up, and power it up). Ocaisionally I revisit these non-working boards and I get one working. Why? Because my skills have improved. My ability to troubleshoot has improved. In fact, EFM pcbs were the first that I ever traced out to make sure the connections were correct (helped my understanding quite a bit). First breadboard circuits were EFM filters. Some of the first "happy" mistakes I made were realised while building EFM modules and I continue to incorporate these "mistakes" in my own designs. 
 
  Tom, if your out there somewhere reading these posts... Thanks. You contributed a lot to the SDIY community and I'm really sorry to see EFM go away. Good luck on your new path.
 
 
peng
 
http://home.comcast.net/~peng5002/modules/dualms20vcfpage.htm
 
 
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