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From: Tom Messenger <krist@THEGRID.NET>

> Setup: pic chip controlling a motor in a typical h bridge. PIC just
> happened to be an EPROM variety compleat with window.
>
> System was on and running, customer said "Looks cool, gotta get a
photo for
> the folks back home". He grabbed his camera, click, flash, bang, smoke
jets
> out, motor stops, shows over.
>
> Seems the flash latched up the photo sensitive pic and caused just the
> right outputs to go on to fire top and bottom of the h bridge
simultaneously.

Um....  wow.  I suppose no one thought to cover the window for proper
testing?

Jeff

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