[sdiy] Euro Synth Spec

[mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, Tim Ressel wrote:
> On 10/20/2017 4:04 PM, Laurie wrote:
>       important parts of the specification such as 'regulatory
>       compliance', power specification etc?????
>
> Well, lets see.  Its all low voltage i.e. below 42.4 volts so UL is not a
> concern .. except for the cases. That is one reason I don't make cases. If
> we all had to do EMC testing, the industry would be instantly dead. As for

RoHS versus vactrols is a fun one.  Plenty of vactrol-based modules are
being offered for sale by European retailers.  We have substitutes for
lead solder but not for the cadmium photocells in vactrols.  And I've had
a recent spike in Web site visits that the geolocation says are from Iraq,
which has caused me to think a bit about export controls.  Nothing in a
synthesizer is realistically of any use to people building military
hardware, but having to explain and document that to the appropriate
authorities is a headache I don't need.

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