Sean Breheny wrote:
>
> Hello fellow piclisters,
>
> I have seen some people on the list comment that chips undergoing UV
> erasure should be protected against ESD. I find this strange because UV
> light tends to ionize air and other materials and it would seem to me that
> it therefore lessens the chances of static buildup because it tends to make
> things more conductive. Also, I use the Datarase II to erase PICs and
> EPROMs, etc, and it doesn't provide enough clearance between the chips pins
> and the snap on cover for someone to put any normal amount on conductive
> foam on the pins. I suppose that one could push the foam down until it was
> level with the pins but I have never seen foam on a chip in this way. I
> would be interested if anyone has any more info on this.
Yeah, I've got a DataErase II also and it came with a really cool little
book describing all that, and seperating facts and myths.  It also
described the history of EPROMS and whatnot; it is a _really_ handy
book.  Didn't you read it when you got your DataErase?


--
~Keith
tsk3000@Prodigy.Net
http://pages.prodigy.net/tsk3000/