[sdiy] CMOS deathtrap

[Amos]

My arrival at work today was heralded by a pyrotechnic display... apparently
at 6PM Friday I had installed an IC backwards, and when I went to flip it on
first thing... BLAMM! Black plastic chunks a-flying, and that sweet perfume
of fresh-baked chips. :)

Lesson learned: To avoid these kinds of mistakes, go home early on Fridays!

On 10/10/05, harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> Magnus Danielson wrote:
>
> > Yes, that is correct. It was later changed since the marketing
> department did
> > not want it confused with vapourware. Now, to repair please apply the
> big can
> > of grey smoke!
> >
>
> Yes, yes I do it that way too. Sometimes there are many rounds of the
> 'grey smoke'. But then I know the FINAL circuit design has been arrived
> at, when
>
> the big puff of WHITE SMOKE comes out of the PCB. :^P
>
> Long live PCB XII !!!
>
> H^) harry
>
>
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