electronics/misc

Anti-Static

There is a great video about static disipative and static shielding bagies from EEVblog.

Summary: “pink” bags and tubes just prevent static buildup (regular bubble or plastic wrap can generate hundreds or thousands of volts pretty easily just by rubbing; non-conductive foam is pretty nasty too). Silver/metalic baggies actually prevent external discharges or shocks from harming ICs inside. If you use a shielding bag, you still need to make sure all the materials inside will not build up a charge.

Random Number Generators

Breakdown of the base-emitter junction of a 2N3904 happens at about 6v, accoding to: http://sentex.ca/~mec1995/tutorial/xtor/xtor6/xtor6.html

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