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Re: 4024 fried?

2005-12-02 by Mike Marsh

Rplaced the counter and voila! Arabesque! Fueled by the Quantized OUT
of a Blacet Improbability Drive, it's very nice indeed. Now I have to
replace the 100nF caps with the 47nF caps...

Mike

--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" <michaelmarsh@s...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> > Mike Marsh wrote:
> >
> > >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:
> > >
> > >
> > >>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.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >It's one
> > >
> > >
> > >>of those odd chips that will survive such a reversal!
> > >>
> > >>Ken
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>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
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>The CGS Modular Synth home page: http://www.cgs.synth.net/
> > >>>
> > >>>Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> >
>
>>_______________________________________________________________________
> > >>Ken Stone sasami@h... or sasami@c...
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