This condition can cause a short in your components from a rapid discharge of electrostatic energy.
How to make a static mat.
The top surface is static dissipative.
You have two conductors that are spaced in your pattern such as conductor a is always 5 separated from conductor b so that no matter where the cat steps its paws cross the 2 conductors.
Electro soft incorporated shows you how electrostatic discharge affects electronics.
Esi works on electrostatic dissipative surfaces in our facility.
The grounding cable is what connects the anti static mat being used as a work surface to the electrical outlet.
However having the mat and the wrist strap grounded at the same point does keep them in electrical balance.
This video shows how to use a basic anti static field service mat.
The side that is blue gray or green the bottom surface is impregnated with carbon which is why it is black.
The difference between using grounding cables separate for a mat or wrist strap as opposed to a common point ground is primarily ergonomic.
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Anti static mats are grounded by being placed on top of a conductive work surface or by using grounding cables to connect them to an electrical outlet.