To: Irish_Thatcherite
I never knew that CMOS devices were that sensitive! The older ones were. My guess is that both a pullup and pulldown transistor got switched on simultaneously -- as I recall that forms a switched-on SCR; the only way to turn it off is to remove power (or wait until it melts into slag, which is what my device did).
4,430 posted on
01/08/2005 2:49:06 PM PST by
sionnsar
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To: sionnsar
Rule no. 1: when you smell burning, and the meter on the power supply starts short - you've created a malfunction.
4,436 posted on
01/08/2005 3:12:42 PM PST by
Irish_Thatcherite
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To: sionnsar
Correction:
....when the meter on the power supply indicates a short-circuit....
4,437 posted on
01/08/2005 3:14:00 PM PST by
Irish_Thatcherite
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