ESD information

Brian218

Here are some inexpensive ESD equipment as well as some information that forum members will hopefully find useful. Most of the links are for the electronic vendor Electronics Express. I've ordered from them in the past without any problems, but their shipping is a little slow, as it took about 7-10 days before any of my orders shipped. I do not have any connection with them; I'm only plugging them because they have reasonable prices on their ESD products. This isn't meant to be spam, but if the admins feel it is, then there will be no hard feelings if deleted.

A good place to make a ground connection is the ground of an AC outlet. For safety reasons a 1 Megohm resister should connect the bench-mat/wristrap to the ground. This will also bleed off any static charge without zapping components.

A couple of bench top mats
http://www.elexp.com/ant_csk1.htm
23 X 26" mat $15.95

http://www.elexp.com/ant_asw1.htm
11 X 22" mat $9.25

Wrist strap
http://www.elexp.com/ant_s150.htm
$3.50-4.50

ESD Foam
http://www.elexp.com/ant_2asf.htm

Some information
http://www.desco.com/ESDInformation.aspx
http://www.desco.com/QuestionsAndAnswers/ShowCategory.aspx?i=58

Foam
http://www.elexp.com/ant_2asf.htm

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