Well, it's that time of the month and I have been setting up experiments and clicking the keys again to come up with my latest article.
An apparently small inconsequential design change on a piece of equipment can make a significant difference to equipment performance. This month's Technical Tidbit discusses the specific example of simply adding small insulating rubber feet to an enclosure. Abstract: Small changes in the physical design of a product can have a large impact on ESD performance both in the lab and field. Data is presented for the case of a small switch box charged to 250 Volts showing the effect of small insulating rubber feet. The results show that seemingly inconsequential differences in physical design can have a major impact on equipment operation in the field. The link to the article is the picture of the experimental test setup at the bottom of the home page at http://emcesd.com . My site has a new feature, a link to my new podcast on technical subjects. Can you find the link (not too difficult)? Also, there is a new design position here in Silicon Valley listed on my jobs page. Doug -- ___ _ Doug Smith \ / ) P.O. Box 1457 ========= Los Gatos, CA 95031-1457 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: 408-356-4186/358-3799 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | Email: [email protected] \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
