[sdiy] CMOS deathtrap

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Doesn't CMOS stand for: "Circuit Made Of Smoke" ?

Karl Ekdahl <elektrodwarf at yahoo.se> wrote:
>Beware! I accidentally soldered in a 4011 instead of a
>4001 into an ADSR and it blew up right in my face. It
>threw out it's whole inner circuitry making a big hole
>in the ic.... and almost in my eye..
>
>so beware! read those markings several times! and
>allways wear goggles while playing with CMOS chips!
>
>/Karl
>

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