Synth-diy-test

Failures and blow-ups are the best teachers! There is wisdom gained in 
every puff of magic smoke.

I've created light emitting resistors, launched electrolytic caps into 
low Earth orbit, blew the lids off of ICs - here we are!

As that Rice Krispies breakfast cereal commercial went: "It's fun to put 
some Snap Crackle Pop into your morning"

- Oren

On 1/24/26 3:44 PM, crystal via Synth-diy wrote:
> Nice one Don. I've melted resistors, blown up chips and caps, but, 
> haven't ignited an inductor...yet.
> 
> Maybe i need to try harder? ;-}
> 
> Adam, glad it wasn't a tube circuit!
> 
> Richie, no doubt, pyrotechnics and all.
> 
> 
> Crystal Chris~
> 
> 
> On 1/23/2026 1:11 PM, rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk wrote:
>> Made me chuckle, Adam.  Glad you lived to tell the tale though! :-)
>>
>> Every day is a learning day in electronics. 
>>
>> -Richie,
>>
>>
>> On 2026-01-23 09:39, Adam (synthDIY) wrote:
>>> ROFL
>>> thx Don
>>> we've all had those "learning" experiences, haven't we?
>>>
>>> Like when I absent-mindedly started soldering a board in my SH-2000 
>>> with the mains still on....
>>>
>>> A
>>>
>>>> On 23 Jan 2026, at 18:05, Donald Tillman <don@till.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Got a ways to go...
>>>>
>>>> https://x.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
>>>> <Screenshot 2026-01-23 at 12.01.54 AM.png>
>>>>
>>>>  -- Don
>>>> -- 
>>>> Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
>>>> https://till.com
>>>>
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