TSSOP gets ZAPPED

by Static Electricity

By: Jeffrey C. Dunnihoo, Simona M. Ceccarelli (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 22 September 2019

At a Glance

Paperback
34 Pages

Age
2 - 6

Grade
K - 04

Dimensions(cm)
21.59 x 21.59 x 0.23

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Static electricity can be annoying to humans, but it’s deadly as lightning to microchips! TSSOP’s job is to read picture files from USB drives in a photo kiosk, and she sees lots of danger out there! But can she recover from this jolt?

Appendix pages explain the science and real history behind the adorable story, and how minor electrostatic sparks can cause failures and damage to electronic devices.

The perfect picture book for our littlest electrostatics engineers and technologists to be, as well as the teachers and parents who are looking for more resources to help them.

Industry Reviews

SOIC and Friends share a big microchip adventure in TSSOP Gets Zapped! Electrostatic Discharge (also known by "ESD") happens in lots of ways. Perhaps you've touched a metal doorknob on a dry day and felt a little zap. You may have noticed and ESD spark when petting your cat or taking clothes out of the dryer. For you to feel the spark, the voltage was over 3,000 Volts!

The ESD happens so fast that there is not much current flow so it's not physically dangerous to you - just an annoying surprise. However, microchips are much more sensitive to ESD so small voltage that you wouldn't even notice can cause them to "forget" what they were doing and have to start over again or "reset." Sometimes the zap can even damage the microchips permanently. Fortunately, in this story, TSSOP was able to recover and continue working with the other chips in the photo printer.

There are some fun scientific experiments to try at the end of the story and more explanations.

Ginger Hansel, President Emeritus, Electrostatic Discharge Association

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