At 09:50 AM 1/14/2010, Sean Breheny wrote: >I definitely agree that our field techs could do better with regard to >ESD precautions and we are going to do some training around that. >However, I think it is interesting that A) very little of our >equipment ends up being damaged - just the PIC programmers and B) we >have never seen an ESD damaged multimeter or scope. These two items >lead me to believe that the CCS ICD is particularly ESD susceptible >and it would make sense to purchase some programmers which are >considerably ESD tougher. > >Sean Might you then try hardening the programmers yourself? For example, the SP721 is a hex ESD clamp device available in an 8-pin DIP or soic package. It connects to the highest and lowest voltage rails in your device (2 pins) and then clamps 6 lines to stay within those voltage limits. Its fast and relatively inexpensive. Just a thought . . . dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist