The only components in there were resistors and the breadboard itself. Voltages were nixie level. I would say it was either a resistor or the breadboard itself. I am pretty religious about measuring stuff before I turn the power on (and after), and if there had been anything more complicated in the circuit I would have tested it separately afterwards.
Anyway, I only mention it to point out that you can't be too careful but even so, things can go wrong. It is all a learning experience! > On Mar 13, 2017, at 2:22 PM, Derek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sweet, thanks guys! I plan on putting the high-voltage portion of the circuit > on a separate breadboard to keep things on the "safe" side. I'm pretty anal > about making sure my connections are correct before I power any circuit up. > > Paul, are you sure it wasn't a resistor, diode, or even a cap? Our class > worked on a power supply project last month, and the most common cause of > magic smoke that I've seen was because somebody dumped too much current into > a diode, or screwed up the polarity of their capacitor. The diodes sheared > right in half.... > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/dnFQ9tXXwso/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/280b21bd-d4d2-459c-9dc8-22402a2f677c%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1E586A5D-9DA2-484C-9F0E-CE54980C2E82%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
