Ian MacGregor
Well-known member
Ok,
So as a side job to support myself while attending college, I consult for a company that designs/reverse engineers PCB's (I know, pretty sweet job for a DIY'er like me). Anyway, when we reverse engineer PCB's I take the pcb, figure out the schematic and enter it into our software (PowerLogic, btw) to get it ready for PCB layout.
Here's my problem, I'm reverse engineering a little SMD board that has a little CMOS chip that is most likely ESD sensitive. The board is double layer and the chip is covering a good deal of traces. I can't take any of the parts off because the customer needs the board operable in the very short term.
Here's my question: Will using my DMM (Fluke 83) on the resistance setting have any chance of damaging the chip? I would guess that it would because it uses some amount of voltage/current to determine resistance.
Any ideas??
Thanks
Ian
So as a side job to support myself while attending college, I consult for a company that designs/reverse engineers PCB's (I know, pretty sweet job for a DIY'er like me). Anyway, when we reverse engineer PCB's I take the pcb, figure out the schematic and enter it into our software (PowerLogic, btw) to get it ready for PCB layout.
Here's my problem, I'm reverse engineering a little SMD board that has a little CMOS chip that is most likely ESD sensitive. The board is double layer and the chip is covering a good deal of traces. I can't take any of the parts off because the customer needs the board operable in the very short term.
Here's my question: Will using my DMM (Fluke 83) on the resistance setting have any chance of damaging the chip? I would guess that it would because it uses some amount of voltage/current to determine resistance.
Any ideas??
Thanks
Ian