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N_Cook
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Static discharge and thumbstick data?
On 01/05/2017 13:44,
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First, you are writing of some sort of casual static discharge where the thumbdrive is in the current path. That would be unusual enough unless you slid across a wool carpet and then used the thumbdrive to ground yourself.
But, I expect you would need something on the order of a static generator to make enough current to actually do damage.
Try this: Purchase a very cheap thumbdrive, and try to wreck it via static. You should be reassured by the results.
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
I assume an old SD card would make a reasonable stand-in. I'll dig out
an old ion-generator and have a go.
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