I’ve gone through a bunch of different anti-static mats, but they are always lacking, or sticky, or smelly
What makes the ideal anti-static mat for you? What is your favorite?
How do you usually ground your mats?
I’ve gone through a bunch of different anti-static mats, but they are always lacking, or sticky, or smelly
What makes the ideal anti-static mat for you? What is your favorite?
How do you usually ground your mats?
I am an electronics engineer, so I work a lot with sensitive components. You basically only need them for a few static sensitive IC’s, or when doing production where you handle many many PCBs that may or may not have sensitive components. Generally you only need a desk mat OR an ESD strap OR ESD shoes/heelstrap + an ESD floor (unless you are in a cleanroom) You discharge yourself every time you touch the mat at all.
Pretty much every modern MCU and almost all ICs have ESD diodes on the pins, so they are much more difficult to kill than 10-20 years ago.
Modern computers have so much protection in them that even with an ESD gun, it can be difficult to kill them. Electroboom and LTT did a decent video about it where they tried really hard to kill a PC with static and it took a lot of effort.