Nick Mulder Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 Hi,I have never had problems with zapping components in digital ccts and have used a fair amount of different components that came in the static sensitive device bags...The other day two components arrived in the aforementioned bags and they are worth $32US each. I thought it would be a good idea to get a antistatic wrist band in this case...I'm not working on PC cases, just my own breadboard cct's and microcontrollersQuestion:Do I have to connect to the actual household earth (both cct and band) ? or is it ok to only connect to the ground of my battery powered DC circuit ?What about the component just by itself ? if I connect the ground pin to the wrist band is it ok to touch the rest of the pins ?My intuition says plug myself and the cct ground into the wall (correctly!)I'm keen to get this stuff learned and out of the way ;)Thanks,Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AN920 Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 I hardly ever use wrist bands. The few occations where I used one I just clamped it to cct ground. Some people like to work on a anti-static mat which is just a very high impedance to earth.How did your LDR circuit turned out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted November 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 The LDR cct is nice now, especially with the LPF on the input ...I have a problem with having too many projects on the go at once - I will move onto one before completing the last... The LDR cct has taken a back foot as it is not really required until the new year - the latest project is more mechanical in nature apart from the wireless modules I have purchased for it:http://www.maxstream.net/products/xbee/xbee-pro-oem-rf-module-zigbee.phpThese are the precious little static sensitive parts ...thanks for your info, always appreciatedNick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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