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In spite of rigorous testing, when the final design is ready for its maiden voyage, it mocks you with a ribbon of smoke.

robogary
robogary 17 days ago

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My homemade FET driver board decided it was Klingon, and today would be a good day to die. 

How is your spring clean project going ? 

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  • dang74
    dang74 17 days ago +2
    Your words... "In spite of rigorous testing, when the final design is ready for its maiden voyage, it mocks you with a ribbon of smoke." ... are beautiful... poetry even.
  • me_Cris
    me_Cris 17 days ago

    Is magic smoke coming out of components while I'm at work counted?

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  • dang74
    dang74 17 days ago

    Your words...

    "In spite of rigorous testing, when the final design is ready for its maiden voyage, it mocks you with a ribbon of smoke."

    ... are beautiful... poetry even.

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  • robogary
    robogary 17 days ago in reply to me_Cris

    Absolutely,  the bigger the better. 

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  • me_Cris
    me_Cris 17 days ago in reply to robogary

    Laughing

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  • DAB
    DAB 17 days ago

    Yes, you can proceed with confidence right up to the point were it fails.

    At that point you realize that in spite of your best efforts, you forgot something very vital.

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 17 days ago

    Spring Clean project?!  THAT was what I was supposed to be doing all those times I went into the basement.

     Well... the workshop is a bit cleaner - but I haven't been able to get my Winlink station working with the radio that I wanted to use. Frowning2  I haven't let the magic smoke out of that - yet.  I've still got a week.  There's time.  I may or may not have smoked an AD8703 logarithmic amplifier recently.

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  • robogary
    robogary 17 days ago in reply to kmikemoo

    Dont give up hope, it takes infintesmal time to smoke a component. It doesnt even take much more effort than flicking a switch. 

    You must have folded an Aluminum KNACK hat for these situations... 

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  • robogary
    robogary 17 days ago in reply to DAB

    Indeed,  that was the case.

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 17 days ago in reply to robogary

    That's when you use the attenuating helmet and the observation screen.
    image 

    The "High Safety" version looks suprisingly like a cookie sheet.

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  • robogary
    robogary 16 days ago in reply to kmikemoo

    I recognize that signature screen - are you a Do Bee or a Don't Bee ? 

    youtu.be/8H9pnSjqs-A

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