RUD failure.?
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For those who might not have heard the term before it's referred to as Rapid Unexplained (Unexpected/Unknown/Unscheduled) Disassembly (Decompression/Disembowlment) and so on.? I don't actually know of its etymology but was once told it came from the military or quite possibly somewhere in the space race industry (or I heard it in a movie).
tldr; think of it like a very fast reacting fuse where every time the breakover current is exceeded a micro fissure or 'hole' is created in the substrate and eventually it's weakened enough (swiss cheese) that it either explodes (if you're lucky and all the visual inspection artists point it out rather quickly because all the smoke gets let out) or it just dies; doesn't wave a red flag-just sits there looking pretty.?
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-Me: trying to put the "fun" back in electronics.... because aren't 3 letter words supposed to be exciting??
