I dont think that would eliminate the potential problem. Antistatic foam is not prone to charge-accumulation from friction; beyond that it has no magical properties.
If you are using this to hold ESD-sensitive thru-hole parts, you're probably better-off wearing a wriststrap and slightly bending the pins to hold the part in-place so you can turn the board over and solder it. As long as you, the board, and the part are at the same potential there is no possibility of an ESD event or damage. It's perfectly OK to touch the pins of the device under those circumstances. Kinda like the total eclipse we had last week; when everything is in perfect alignment, you can take off your glasses and look directly at the sun. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5cbf87f4-2518-4e8f-bff1-e10c4f172ebb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
