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Q&A Is ESD overhyped?

I have seen many engineers talk about ESD protection but I had never seen its effects myself. I made many small DIY projects and I have used bare hands to touch ICs and their pins,but nothing got d...

10 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by aditya98‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by rdtsc‭

Question ESD-protection
#2: Post edited by user avatar aditya98‭ · 2020-10-03T11:17:32Z (about 4 years ago)
I am making this edit to show what I have done specifically.
  • I have seen many engineers talk about ESD protection but I had never seen its effects myself. I made many small DIY projects and I have used bare hands to touch ICs and their pins,but nothing got destroyed(I mean ICs functioned well).
  • Is it really that serious? Please tell and also its mitigating measures.
  • I have seen many engineers talk about ESD protection but I had never seen its effects myself. I made many small DIY projects and I have used bare hands to touch ICs and their pins,but nothing got destroyed(I mean ICs functioned well).
  • Is it really that serious? Please tell and also its mitigating measures.
  • I experimented with a mosfet just now by rubbing my fingers on its terminals. It is an n-channel mosfet called IRF510,and its datasheet is [here](https://www.vishay.com/docs/91015/sihf510.pdf)
  • . I observed that mosfet is working well by checking with a multimeter in diode mode i.e drain is connected to common of multimeter and source to positive one.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar aditya98‭ · 2020-10-03T07:31:48Z (about 4 years ago)
Is ESD overhyped?
I have seen many engineers talk about ESD protection but I had never seen its effects myself. I made many small DIY projects and I have used bare hands to touch ICs and their pins,but nothing got destroyed(I mean ICs functioned well).
Is it really that serious? Please tell and also its mitigating measures.