Arduino SID Failure
Yesterday, I blew up a SID chip. Not just any old chip, but a 1982-vintage, irreplaceable, interesting sound generator chip. And I feel like crap for so doing. I knew it was CMOS and prone to failure by latch-up, but I failed to be careful enough and just as I got the camera ready, it made a loud crack and let out the magic smoke.
You can't see it it the photo, but the breadboard beneath the chip is melted. So now I have some working Arduino software that forms the basis of an API for the SID, but I've blown the chip up. I do actually have another chip, but that's not really the point. I can't face it right now, so I'll have to come back to it another day.
So much for an antidote to frustration.
You can't see it it the photo, but the breadboard beneath the chip is melted. So now I have some working Arduino software that forms the basis of an API for the SID, but I've blown the chip up. I do actually have another chip, but that's not really the point. I can't face it right now, so I'll have to come back to it another day.
So much for an antidote to frustration.