The Varieties of Electronic Engineers

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20 Mar 2015

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johnbeetem over 10 years ago +3

Images 1 + 2 not credible: work surfaces need more clutter. Images 1 + 2: where are the ground straps? Is that a ground strap around #1's left forearm? Image 1 not credible: I see the close-up image, but…
Problemchild over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1 +3

Of course they are publicity shots they are all looking intent and happy, where as any engineer that has got his probes out will be wracked off because something isn't working. Also who on earth has a…
Problemchild over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem +3

In London most of the repair guys look more like number 4!

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johnbeetem over 10 years ago

Images 1 + 2 not credible: work surfaces need more clutter.
Images 1 + 2: where are the ground straps? Is that a ground strap around #1's left forearm?
Image 1 not credible: I see the close-up image, but not the camera.
Image 3 is credible, except for lack of coffee stains on work surface.
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johnbeetem over 10 years ago

Images 1 + 2 not credible: work surfaces need more clutter.
Images 1 + 2: where are the ground straps? Is that a ground strap around #1's left forearm?
Image 1 not credible: I see the close-up image, but not the camera.
Image 3 is credible, except for lack of coffee stains on work surface.
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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

I'd also be concerned about the metal bangle in image 1.

Image 2 even has some design information and calculations on the whiteboard.

I agree with the wrist strap ... so these must all be PR shots.

Mark
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michaelwylie over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

I've never seen anyone outside of a production environment wearing a grounding strap.
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mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to michaelwylie

I've never seen anyone outside of a production environment wearing a grounding strap.

Best I avoid the repair shops you frequent.
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michaelwylie over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

Ahhh, O.K. repair shops I've seen use them. I guess I should have limited it to engineering prototyping areas.
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johnbeetem over 10 years ago in reply to michaelwylie

Michael Wylie wrote:

Ahhh, O.K. repair shops I've seen use them. I guess I should have limited it to engineering prototyping areas.

When I'm debugging the first prototype of a board I like to protect it so I don't lose weeks getting a replacement -- not to mention the cost of a prototype. Usually I'm lazy and touch a connector shell before I probe signals rather than finding a grounding strap. It depends on the weather.

One place I worked encouraged engineering not to use static protection because we wanted to see how robust they'd be in customer hands. But this was in Virginia, so it was rarely dry enough for static problems
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