The rationale offered by Tom Cokenias is fine for
equipment that is always configured with cables on
all connectors. The pins would then would not
come within the criteria that I suggested of
the user being reasonably expected to touch
them. However many items of equipment are
designed with
Moshe,
The competent bodies I have dealt with (3) have required ESD testing to
metal shells of D connectors and have specifically excluded requirements to
test the pins. The rationale has been that the mfr put the connector for a
cable to connect to it, meaning the pins will be somewhat
I don't know of any official standard that gives a
specific ruling on connector pins. The generic
immunity standards refer without comment to the
basic standards and the basic standards refer to
points accessible to personnel during normal use
including customer's maintenance. The overview
of
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