[sdiy] CMOS deathtrap

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Monday 10 October 2005 12:35 pm, Karl Ekdahl 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..

Yep,  they'll do that if power is applied in the wrong direction...

You put it in backwards,  probably.

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