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this chip has color-coded stripes printed underneath it. what do you think it means?
17 February at 8:30 | Open on mastodon.social
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Tube❄️Time

for reference, here is the top of that same chip. Motorola seems to have used the color striping on a bunch of devices.
17 February at 8:31 | Open on mastodon.social
root42

@tubetime Maybe the resistance when shorting Vcc to GND on this chip? Yellow-Brown-Red-Silver: 4.1kOhm
Just kidding...

17 February at 8:35 | Open on chaos.social
rhulme404

@tubetime It's code for "I'm being held captive in a chip fab. Send help!"

17 February at 8:36 | Open on mas.to
Daniel O'Connor

@tubetime Number of engineers sent mad, one more and it's an Ace

17 February at 8:41 | Open on mastodon.cloud
plaes

@tubetime I seriously hope this picture didn't come from @NanoRaptor

17 February at 8:46 | Open on mastodon.social
Poul-Henning Kamp

@tubetime

I read it as ora,brn,vio,wht = 3179

So if that is a date code it is 7 weeks after the one on the top ?

A really interesting question is if it was printed before or after the pins were bent into position ?

17 February at 9:20 | Open on fosstodon.org
ospalh

@tubetime
4.1 kΩ ±0.25%, natch.
Probably that value is relevant after you let the magic smoke out.

17 February at 9:45 | Open on chaos.social
pedro 🍉

@tubetime equivalent resistance if you connect all pins on either side together?

17 February at 11:06 | Open on fedi.turbofish.cc
Kat

@tubetime It's a warning that it's poisonous, and predators shouldn't attempt to eat it.

17 February at 12:38 | Open on chaosfem.tw
vince120

@tubetime It has a resistance value of 3.1kOhms +/-10%

On a more serious approach, it can be test indicators. (kind of "QA Passed")
17 February at 12:39 | Open on mastodon.ti-fr.com
Jordi (Sharpen Your Spikes!!!)
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