Laminate flooring and ESD?

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

ChairmanOfTheBored [email protected] posted to
sci.electronics.design:


Well maybe, did you ESD clobber it in the process?

Swiffing up a chip resistor or capacitor does not place it in any
jeopardy. I would not use this procedure for any semi-conductor
components.

As a rule, I don't knock my parts on the floor to begin with.

 

[Rene Tschaggelar]

Laminate? Cover the floor with copperclad FR4!

John

But on one piece please. Soldered bounds neither
look neat, nor do they have the mechanical stability
of the rest.

Rene

 

[Joerg]

Laminate? Cover the floor with copperclad FR4!

I'm afraid that won't fly with the missus ;-)

 

[Charlie Edmondson]

Laminate? Cover the floor with copperclad FR4!

John

Copperclad? Do it right, and just put gold leaf across the entire
floor...

Charlie

 

[Rich Grise]

For anti-static?

Yes, I learned this at one of my first computer jobs. We had carpet,
and static coming out our ears (Minnesota winters have like 0% humidity),
and I suggested some of that "anti-static" spray - "Cling-free" or
something like that, at five bucks or so a can. The boss says, "Nah,
just mix some Downy and water. Or any ol' anionic surfactant, for that
matter". ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Hal Murray]

If you're not careful pretty soon you'll find yourself with an MP3 player, a

Got none of those here. ...

GPS is actually useful in the lab. You can use it to discipline
your local oscillator to keep it right on.

 

[Joerg]

GPS is actually useful in the lab. You can use it to discipline
your local oscillator to keep it right on.

Call me a Luddite but I am still using WWV for that ;-)

 

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

Call me a Luddite but I am still using WWV for that ;-)

Naw... a luddite would be a live video feed from Old Faithful.

 

[Nico Coesel]

Could get kind of disgusting after a shedding Rottweiler and a shedding
Shepherd have snoozed under the lab bench for a few hours ;-)

What do your dogs have for dinner? 0402 dog chow! Anyway, I don't even
bother trying to pick-up anything below 0805.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

What's an "earthquake" ?

The earth moving when Fred Bloggs has an original idea?


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Joerg]

Naw... a luddite would be a live video feed from Old Faithful.

ROFL! That was a good one.

A client did that to me a few months ago. Had a Sauerkraut style
prototype. Lots of changes requested from their side so by the end it
looked like an overgrown weed field. Miraculously it still works so they
called it Old Faithful. All laid out now, but whenever someone needs to
do a quick measurement and can't have the machine right now they are
told "Just use Old Faithful for that".

 

[JeffM]

What's an "earthquake" ?

You dog. I would have sworn that was hyperbole--but nope.
You're right in the middle of of a big patch where nothing shakes.
http://www.idahogeology.org/Services/GeologicHazards/Earthquakes/images/usa.gif

 

[Jim Thompson]

You dog. I would have sworn that was hyperbole--but nope.
You're right in the middle of of a big patch where nothing shakes.
http://www.idahogeology.org/Services/GeologicHazards/Earthquakes/images/usa.gif

My only natural fear is that it's readily apparent that I'm located in
the bowl(*) of an extinct volcano :-(

(*) SE side has disappeared over the centuries due to erosion, but if
you study any of my hillside photos, you'll see the tell-tale signs.

...Jim Thompson

 

[Joerg]

That's what I also thought when living in Germany. One night we almost
flew out of the bed. Wife: "What the heck was that?" Me: "Either an
earthquake but more likely a large aircraft has crashed into the
hillside behind us". (It was an earthquake)

My only natural fear is that it's readily apparent that I'm located in
the bowl(*) of an extinct volcano :-(

(*) SE side has disappeared over the centuries due to erosion, but if
you study any of my hillside photos, you'll see the tell-tale signs.

Then one day a wee hissing sound emerges ...

I remember when I got a car in WA state and they gave me a spare air
filter cartridge. Everything was covered in gray ash.

 

[Richard Henry]

That's what I also thought when living in Germany. One night we almost
flew out of the bed. Wife: "What the heck was that?" Me: "Either an
earthquake but more likely a large aircraft has crashed into the
hillside behind us". (It was an earthquake)




Then one day a wee hissing sound emerges ...

I remember when I got a car in WA state and they gave me a spare air
filter cartridge. Everything was covered in gray ash.

I had a coworker from Washington back then. Shw went home to visit
soon after the eruption and brought us back souvenirs cast from the
free ash raw materials everyone was getting from the sky: ash trays.

 

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

What do your dogs have for dinner? 0402 dog chow! Anyway, I don't even
bother trying to pick-up anything below 0805.

You can pick up anything. Some of you people are true dolts, with some
of the shit you say.

 

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

ROFL! That was a good one.

A client did that to me a few months ago. Had a Sauerkraut style
prototype. Lots of changes requested from their side so by the end it
looked like an overgrown weed field. Miraculously it still works so they
called it Old Faithful. All laid out now, but whenever someone needs to
do a quick measurement and can't have the machine right now they are
told "Just use Old Faithful for that".

Oddly enough. Old faithful has not been on schedule lately.

I say more of that "crossing through the galactic equator effects"
thing.

There should be a movie. I really think we are in for a world of hurt.

Don't say I didn't tell ya so after the shit hits the fan.

 

[Nico Coesel]

You can pick up anything.

Ofcourse, but is it worth spending 10 minutes searching in order to
retreive a component which is worth next to nothing?

 

[Richard Henry]

Ofcourse, but is it worth spending 10 minutes searching in order to
retreive a component which is worth next to nothing?

 

[Richard Henry]

Ofcourse, but is it worth spending 10 minutes searching in order to
retreive a component which is worth next to nothing?

We had a recent discussion about how it is ok for highly-paid people
to speed, since the value of their time should be factored into the
cost of travel. What amount of time should be spent looking for a sub-
dollar part?