ESD protection

[Grant Richter]

At Wiard we use ESD floor and bench mats with grounded tip irons.

We work in our socks so we don't have to use wrist straps (which I detest).
The moisture from your feet will drain off a charge into a floor mat. Or you
can use the shoe straps (which cost money).

We have shipped 200+ modules with zero field failures, so this must be
working OK.

Keep the chips in tubes until you get to the static mats, then put the
boards in static bags. That seems to work fine, without driving yourself
crazy (like wrist straps will do).