12-04-2012, 08:16 AM
Hi Koos,
there is no way to "discharge" in the sense of repair the decoder (if that is the cause). A single transistor in the integrated circuit is build by only a few layers of atoms. A static charge can run a very short spike of current and destroy just some atoms (destroy means simply add or remove some electrons and flip that atom N to P ion or vise versa.
However you can/should wrap them in aluminium/kitchen foil and put the 8-pin connector also in the foil to connect all 8 pins when traveling the next time. When unpacking you should touch the table, the engine, the solder iron, larger tools and the foil first. Afterwards unpack the decoder and all 8 pins of the connector and have the same electric charge as it's environment.
there is no way to "discharge" in the sense of repair the decoder (if that is the cause). A single transistor in the integrated circuit is build by only a few layers of atoms. A static charge can run a very short spike of current and destroy just some atoms (destroy means simply add or remove some electrons and flip that atom N to P ion or vise versa.
However you can/should wrap them in aluminium/kitchen foil and put the 8-pin connector also in the foil to connect all 8 pins when traveling the next time. When unpacking you should touch the table, the engine, the solder iron, larger tools and the foil first. Afterwards unpack the decoder and all 8 pins of the connector and have the same electric charge as it's environment.
Reinhard