> you are either a hack, or making mistakes like a NOOB and should be supervised by a senior engineer. Right. Who put a bare chip on an open board and expected

> you are either a hack, or making mistakes like a NOOB and should be supervised by a senior engineer. Right. Who put a bare chip on an open board and expected it to work? There have been cases of photosensitive parts in the past, where the plastic encapsulation didn't have enough carbon black. Some old parts were packaged in brown plastic that wasn't opaque enough. That's a problem from decades ago.[1] [1] https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/217423/ics-chips-are-typically-packaged-in-what-material https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/217423/ics-c...