04-18-2016, 12:02 PM
(04-18-2016, 10:49 AM)pine.tree Wrote:(04-13-2016, 12:42 PM)gbjensen Wrote: When you want to remove it from the bag, place it on a protective surface (e.g. on top of the anti static bag).
Overall good advice, but this quoted bit is incorrect. The anti-static (dissipative-type) bag has a conductive coating on it to "wick" away any shocks/static electricity from reaching the Pine64 inside. Placing the Pine64 on top of the bag would cause it to make contact with a conductive surface, and possibly short-circuit if powered on.
I have (after 30 years in the electronic business) never seen anti-static bag with an electrical conductive surface. You can try to see if you can measure a resistance with an Ohm-meter with the probes touching the surface very close to each other. So unless the Pine is packed in a Conductive bag and not an anti static bag should it be save to place the PCB on top of the bag and power it up.
Any way the best practice would be to build it into the wanted encapsulating first - but who can wait to do this?
