Cgs synth

Good advice on both counts. What happened was that I soldered the
SOCKET in backwards then put the chip in the right way into the socket
which of course was BACKWARDS so the chip was backwards and I fried
it. Crap. Sigh. Crikey, what a dumb-ass...

Mike

--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, Richard Brewster <pugix@e...> wrote:
>
> It happens. This is why I order extra spare chips, especially the
> digital ones, and use IC sockets.
>
> -Richard Brewster
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> Mike Marsh wrote:
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> >Thank, Ken. I should have the spare by tomorrow or latest Monday.
> >I've mounted it in a 1U Blacet format Frac panel, with a simple Wave
> >Folder on the same panel. I think it will work nicely!
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, sasami@h... wrote:
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> >>More than likely fried, yes.
> >>
> >>Nothing else would be affected though.
> >>
> >>I was lucky msyelf - I reversed a 723 myself a couple of days ago.
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> >It's one
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> >>of those odd chips that will survive such a reversal!
> >>
> >>Ken
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> >>>Hi All -
> >>>
> >>>Building the ASR, I put the 4024 binary counter in backwards and
> >>>powered up. Nothing to speak of out of the outs, at least nothing
> >>>that changed with the clock, just some very high freq stuff.
> >>>
> >>>So I put the 4024 back in properly oriented, and got the same result.
> >>>I'm thinking I fried it - waht say you all? I've ordered another in
> >>>any case...
> >>>
> >>>Mike
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> >>>The CGS Modular Synth home page: http://www.cgs.synth.net/
> >>>
> >>>Yahoo! Groups Links
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