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protecting from voltage and current spikes

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jayken

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I need to protect a target pcb from damage from voltage/current spikes coming from a testing unit. Any ideas of how I would go about this?
 
What kind of voltage / current spikes?
 
transient, as well as more permanent problems such as shorts in the tester unit... board is runing on 3V logic and I don't want that to ever be exceeded.
 
You need a new tester, period.

Trying to insulate your device from your tester's potential to damage is simply a poor allocation of resources, in addition to potentially obscuring the actual performance of your system under test.

TTFN

FAQ731-376
 
Isn't this the exact same problem you have another thread on one row down?

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