1 Dec
2004
1 Dec
'04
8:32 a.m.
>>>> "Steve" == Steve Thatcher
<melamy(a)earthlink.net> writes:
Steve> the biggest culprit when it comes to older electronics is the
Steve> good old tantalum cap. I have seen these be a little
Steve> resistive, dead shorts, etc.
...and sometimes the assembly shop installs them backwards, which
produces startling results -- often with quite a delay.
I recently found out that there exist tantalum caps with builtin fuses
-- the idea is that if they short out, the fuse blows and the system
keeps going. If you have a whole pile of them as bypass caps, that's
a good approach.
paul