At 10.16 2005.04.27 -0300, you wrote:
>Hi,
>	I have the following problem. I have developed a dog feeder that has
>a PIC inside. A photo can be seen at
>http://www.janso.com.ar/Picture%20004.jpg - Top of the feeder, controller
>only
>http://www.janso.com.ar/Picture%20010.jpg - Top view, full feeder
>http://www.janso.com.ar/P000982.JPG - Full at the shop (400K image)
>
>	As you can see the case is made with a process called rotomoulding.
>I don't know the specifics of the process and materials used but I can tell
>you for sure that the cases come to the assembly area with lots of static
>(i.e.. Plastics "stick" to them...)
>
>	Now, the system has a RTC on it and a PIC (16C63B) the problem I'm
>having is that some RTCs (DS1307) are being damaged and I think is due to
>static....
>
>	What do you think I should do?

shield it?

 
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