Ouch!
Maybe, just maybe, it could be repackaged as a transient field generator --
and sold at a markup.
Cortland
KA5S
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Owsley <mailto:[email protected]>
To: Douglas Smith <mailto:[email protected]> ;emc-pstc
<mailto:[email protected]> ;Si-List <mailto:[email protected]> ;Ram
Chundru <mailto:[email protected]> ;DavidPommerenke
<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: 12/10/2010 11:35:13 AM
Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] Re: variations in ESD simulators
To clarify a little, one brand has this field, a very large field, when the
switch closes. The other brand does not. This happens before the intended
approach to smack the victim. And it happens again after the intended
discharge, when the switch is released to the open position. Details for
detecting these fields is left as an exercise for the curious. It is quite
simple, and very illuminating! 8-)
Calibrations must be a challenge since closing the switch is likely to trigger
the 'scope, as well as opening the switch. We use 2 people - one operating
the gun, one operating the 'scope, so we can capture the waveform.
Bill
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