When ESD wristband snaps disconnecting from the coiled ground cords became a persistent problem for one manufacturing line, a thorough investigation revealed the culprit—the stud snap on the buckle.

Nobody likes getting zapped from an electrostatic discharge, no matter whether you’re a fragile ASIC or a bag-of-mostly-salty-water humanoid. To prevent this, ESD wrist straps and similar are ...

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing is essential for many antistatic equipment and products. It is the process of checking the resistance of a device to electrostatic discharge (the sudden transfer ...