Hi, @sir_ge0
Welcome to the forum.
Can we please have a circuit diagram?
An image of a hand drawn schematic will be fine, include ALL power supplies, component names and pin labels.
Both the original circuit and the smoked one.
Copy and paste pictures are not very clear and you need to label the voltage supply Volts.
What is the transistor you are using?
You will need a current limit resistor in the transistors base circuit, currently you will be drawing more current from the output pin than it is designed for.
Thanks.. Tom.. 
PS. I'm off to bed, its 2:15am here in Australia... 