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Originally Posted by wireties
And what "consumer electronics" come with bare wires to which you must connect power and or signalling cables?
Being aware of ESD and taking care not to zap electronic components is SOP and good things for students to learn. A better question is were they warned by the packing material or by a mentor? I don't remember seeing anything in the TalonSRX manual, a pretty big oversight. But all the electronics used in FIRST can be damaged by ESD (to some degree) - I warned our guys/girls just the other day to NOT touch the gyro board as it is really easy to zap and destroy.
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Home Theater equipment, for one. But regardless, the wires didn't even have to be like that. It could have been some kid of female receptical (something like powerpole).
I'd like to see some high resolution pictures of the blown boards to see if there's anything in common.
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