[sdiy] puff of smoke! (MB-808 build)

Aaron Lanterman lanterma at ece.gatech.edu
Sun Jun 28 18:08:54 CEST 2009


On Jun 28, 2009, at 9:57 AM, David G. Dixon wrote:

> My advice: replace the offending opamp, and the chips connected  
> directly to
> its outputs, and keep testing the circuit.  (You used sockets,  
> right?)  You
> should be able to get to the problem through a process of  
> elimination.   And
> don't forget about the fingertip test.

Yup - first time I power on a circuit first thing I do is see if  
anything is getting unnecessarily warm.

Of course, there's times when your nose tells you this is happening...

- Aaron



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