Problems with IR Board

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

That turns out not to be the case.

An "anti-static bag" is conductive. It protects against static electricity building up on the bag itself and then zapping something inside it. But exactly because it is conductive, putting a device on top of it is almost like putting a device on a piece of metal. Even if it doesn't short itself out just by sitting there, you can very easily zap it by touching it and having the current flow through the bag to ground.

Incorrect, the bags are a faraday cage protection. Static shielding bags protect against static charge from both inside and outside. You could only harm a part by inducing static charge to it once removed from the bag.

As far as powering the part while on the bag that would be a bad idea. The aluminum layer sandwiched between the two poly layers could possibly cause an issue if the parts leads dug into the bag. We have seen failures caused by this.

BMW