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Forum In spite of rigorous testing, when the final design is ready for its maiden voyage, it mocks you with a ribbon of smoke.
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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 18 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.
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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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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 17 days ago in reply to robogary

    That's when you use the attenuating helmet and the observation screen.
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    The "High Safety" version looks suprisingly like a cookie sheet.

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    robogary 17 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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    robogary 17 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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