Post by thread:[PIC:] Antistatic foam & box

As you know, Microchip uses a black box with conductive foam to package samples ordered. Recently, I happened to discover that the box they now use is also conductive. Its resistance is somewhat similar to that of the foam. When you keep the probes one inch apart, the resistance shown is around 15K to 20K. Is the box made of conductive plastic or is it some coating on the surface? Am I right in guessing that it is an additional safety measure for the sensitive PICs of 18F series? Regards, Bala -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList spam_OUTpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

It is an industry standard ESD Conductive Plastic -----Original Message----- From: .....Bala.ChandarKILLspam@spam@AVENTIS.COM [Bala.ChandarKILLspamAVENTIS.COM] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:37 PM To: .....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC:] Antistatic foam & box As you know, Microchip uses a black box with conductive foam to package samples ordered. Recently, I happened to discover that the box they now use is also conductive. Its resistance is somewhat similar to that of the foam. When you keep the probes one inch apart, the resistance shown is around 15K to 20K. Is the box made of conductive plastic or is it some coating on the surface? Am I right in guessing that it is an additional safety measure for the sensitive PICs of 18F series? Regards, Bala -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList EraseMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu