Plan B Model 1
2006-09-13 by (i think you can figure that out)
Model 1? Some of you have found out the hard way what happens if you plug our stuff in backwards. ku-BLEW-ee There's nothing more frustrating than blowing something up from a silly mistake, tired eyes, etc. Well, I'm from corporate and I'm here to help. I've just completed the design of a small power bussboard which is designed to plug directly into either a Deopfer or A. Sys power bussboard which has electrical protection against the big stupid - plugging stuff in backwards. Each power socket is protected by not only a set of diodes, but another device known as a resettable fuse. They look like caps. They aren't. They open their connection if they sense too much current flowing through them and they're quick about it. You won't blow a fuse...or as module. These things take care of it for you and they just sit there open waiting for the current to go back to normal so they can close up again. Nothing to reset. You just power down, plug the module in correctly and you're back in business. The bad news is they have a low current rating. The GOOD news is they have a low curent rating. This means you can only use one per socket, which means only the effected module will turn itself off. The rest of the system will keep humming along. It'll cost you a bit for ths insurance, but i think it'll be worth it, and so will you the momment you blow a module up. What would you rather do - spend $$ for postage to return a blown module and have the downtime of waiting for it or pay less than the postage to never have to worry about it? The Model 1 is going to be cheap - somwhere in the range of $30 or so for six sockets. More $$ per socket than the Doepfer bussboard, that's due to the added protection circuitry. If demand is high enough I'll do another one - a longer one. The art was submitted about a week ago, the boards are scheduled to ship very soon. More info as I able...