Questions tagged [antistatic]
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What's the difference among these static protection bags?
I have some old modems & other cards stored in plastic static bags and noticed that a few of them were distinct... these are all from the 1990s or maybe early 2Ks.
Here's a sampling:
From left to right, there are:
Opaque and…
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Do antistatic bags have conductive interior, exterior or both?
From Wikipedia:
To create the anti-static effect, the black or silver bags are slightly conductive
and
A device should not be powered while in an antistatic bag, because the conductivity of the bag could cause damaging short-circuits between…
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Anti-static vs. conductive vs. dissipative foam?
UPDATE: I have included some basic answers inline that I received after talking in depth with an application engineer at a foam company. I think it would still really help for someone to help flush out the theory behind these answers.
I am having…
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Static shocks all over the building
I just came from the local library, it’s quite big, and most of it is made of an architectural design using mostly painted metal book shelves painted with some kind of anticorrosive paint along with glass floor all over the place, everything was…
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What is the foam stuff that semiconductors come in?
Sometimes when I order semi-conductors, there pins are put in this black foam (im guessing static sensitive stuff). If I put a high voltage through it, it conducts and burns. What is this stuff called and what is it made out of?
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How do I make a Polypropylene box static resistant?
I am beginning to organize my collection of electronic components and parts but have run into a roadblock of not knowing how to properly store anything that is ESD sensitive. I have been using ESD shielding bags that I have acquired over the last…
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What is the smallest metal object you can ground yourself with?
Say I am installing a new CPU in my desktop motherboard and I am interested in grounding myself (by touch or one of those nifty bracelets) to avoid damaging my components.
What is the nature of grounding? Does grounding effectiveness correlated to…
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How would I test the continuity of an anti-static wrist band?
I am looking to purchase some anti-static gear for when working on electronics(I'm assuming all electronics should be worked with on an anti-static pad, that's correctly grounded, correct?), and noticed in some reviews there are mention of not…
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Anti-static mat connected to earth directly or 1E6 ohm resistor?
Should an anti-static mat be connected to earth directly or with 1E6 ohm resistance in between?
2 layer mat. Upper side: dissipative (10E7 ~ 10E10 ohm/m²). Bottom: conductive.
To be a little more precise: connection to earth will be thru a CGP…
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Should there really be 1 MΩ resistance between an anti-static wrist strap and a pc?
My previous question: what exactly is grounded through motherboard standoffs?
The answers suggest that a PC case is grounded in 2 ways:
To the ground plane of the motherboard, through the brass standoffs.
The ground plane is grounded to the PSU,…
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Anti-static wrist strap around your wrist or around your ankle?
Does it matter whether you wear your anti-static wrist strap around your wrist or around your ankle?
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Is static electricity really so dangerous?
I'm a beginner in electronics, and in my free time I love making stuff with my Arduino.
As I was handling a few Bluetooth modules with my hands, I thought about static electricity discharging on the chips. I'm not very familiar with this, so I have…
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How to know that I am grounded with an anti-static wrist strap?
The resistance of my Belkin anti-static wrist strap shows 0.983, but how do I know that I am grounded by attaching it to computer power supply alone? See the picture below.
How do I know if that resistance is absorbed by the grounded contact? Must…
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Grounding Metal Object to Eliminate Static Electricity Using Electrical Ground
let us say that I have built a metal cabinet in which I will be painting small objects. I am looking to eliminate any static electricity that could possibly build on the object to be painted or on the cabinet. The object will rest on a metal…
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What should I look for when shopping for an ESD bench mat?
I would like to get an anti-static mat for my bench top and found these two:
DigiKey: Table mat ESD blue 2X4' rubber
Mouser: Antistatic Control Products 2X4' blue table mat
What should I look for when shopping for an ESD bench mat?
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