Questions tagged [damage]
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Can electronics be damaged by undervolting it?
I was wondering if there are some particularly important mechanism by which one can break electronics, when undervolting it. Its pretty obvious that lots of electronics will not work properly if ...
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Water and Electronics?
I've read a lot about people cleaning keyboards in the dishwasher. But how does the water damage electronics? Does it cause shorts on the ICs on the internal circuitry or physically get in the IC(...
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Can a solar inverter be damaged if installed capacity is much larger than demand?
I had a dispute with my fellow. In his opinion, a power inverter can be damaged if the load is much lower (e.g 100W) than installed capacity (e.g. 10kW) of the solar system.
I am of the opinion that ...
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Have I damaged my multimeter by applying voltage in resistance mode?
I have an VC97 digital multimeter. In resistance mode, I applied the multimeter leads to a battery with a 4.2V charge. I did this twice, and also did so in capacitance mode.
I didn't notice any ...
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Is it possible to physically destroy a microcontroller with software?
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No external circuitry connected (other than the programming circuit, which we assume to be correct).
uC is not faulty.
By destroying I mean releasing the blue smoke of death, not ...
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How exactly is an LCD damaged by DC current?
LCD displays are driven by AC waveforms. I've seen many references referring to permanently damaging them with DC current. When exposed to DC, LCD's fail and conduct excessive current. My question is: ...
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Can I break batteries by putting them in the wrong way?
If I put in batteries the wrong way (+ and - sides reversed), is there a risk that I will break them? Or the device? Or start a fire?
In particular, I am talking about rechargeable Ni-MH eneloops ...
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What actually happens when both 1 input is given in RS flip flop circuit (physical change)?
This question is somewhat similar to:
Why is S=1, R=1 state forbidden in RS flip flop?
But I am asking what actually happens if both 1 input is given forcefully in R and S terminal of flip flop ...
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Can chips be sensitive to mechanical stress after an electrical incident?
Is it possible to electrically damage a microcontroller (or any chip) in such a way that it becomes very sensitive to mechanical stress?
Some background:
We are developing a board with 7 identical ...
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How can removing a piezoelectric speaker/buzzer damage a circuit?
According to a comment at DIY stackexchange:
"...disconnecting a passive piezo speaker that is fed via a transformer could theoretically upset or even damage the electronics feeding it."
How could ...
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Breadboard Quality questions
I'm an electrical student in my second year and I'm using a breadboard for multiple lab classes. I'm thinking that my breadboard is starting to fail inside and I'm having a hard time troubleshooting ...
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I2C communication pin and/or device getting damaged
I have a Raspberry Pi communicating with some I2C client devices. Occasionally either the I2C client device fails or a Raspberry Pi pin (one of the I2C pins) is damaged. The only thing I can conceive ...
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What kind of failure would I see in moisture sensitive parts?
I am reflowing a design using an electric skillet. When the uC and LEDs arrived they were in moisture sensitive packaging. They were in sealed bags with moisture indicator cards. After I opened them I ...
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Is it safe to keep on using AC adapter with a damaged output capacitor?
I was experimenting with my universal laptop adapter (Meind 100W) and when I switched it to 34V mode (while official max is 24V) the capacitor (25V) popped (the top opened and some white fibers spread ...
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Have I damaged this DC-DC converter? [closed]
I bought this DC-DC Adjustable Power Converter Module, to convert 12V DC to 5V DC.
Initially it was working fine, but I connected IN- and OUT- pins to the each other and used it as a common ground ...
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