Cgs synth

Ok so I got my TI 40106's. Still not working correctly. The clock
follows the trigger in on the output. Rate works etc. But no bursts.
If I toggle the rotary switch between positions I occasionally here a
quick burst. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Charles.

On Feb 16, 2006, at 2:06 PM, sasami@... wrote:

> You aren't running it on +/-15 isnstead of +15/0V are you? You have a
> serious over-voltage problem if craters are appearing.
>
> Ken
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>> Hi. I am trying to get my first Burst Gen going and running into some
> problems. When I have
>> have all the chips in the 4017 gets really hot and twice blew a
>> crator in
> the chip! I have
>> checked the active parts Diodes , Transistors and they are fine. I
>> have
> soketed all the chips
>> and tried different manufactures. When I remove the 4017 The clock
>> works
> and trigger
>> through works. As soon as I put back in the 4017 the clock never
>> makes it
> to pin 14 of the
>> 4017 and it gets hot. I have checked the traces and for shorts etc.
>>
>> Richard did metion to me to get all TI parts. I have a TI 4017 and
>> I am
> awaiting a TI 40106to
>> see if that solves the problem. But from what he told me and what
>> I have
> read on the list it
>> seemed that a chip mismatch would cause false triggering etc. But
>> this
> seems to be
>> something else?
>>
>> I have replace the LM358 with a TL072 and LT1013. No difference.
>> Please help!
>>
>> Thanks, Charles.
>>
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