Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Failure of electronic equipment is greatly affected by the environment. Let high humidity get into electronics and the reliability will take a plunge. Quality of the electronics is important as I believe Leica found out when they let ******* make integrated circuits for them on the early R. I am not arguing mechanical or electronic, they both have a place, they both have limitations. Dennis LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > > The failure curve of electronic equipment is entirely different from that of > mechanical equipment. There is no reason to suggest that the MTBF of a > mechanical components will be "orders of magnitude" different from that of electronic > components. With electronic equipment there is a probablity of failure of a > few percent at initial turn on or very soon thereafter. If it survives the > intial burn in, it will generally work perfectly for a very long period of time, > units failing randomly throughout the total life span. When operated within its > ratings, the failure rate of electronic equipment is usually independent of > the number of use cycles. Electronic equipment usually fails abruptly in an all > or none pattern. It works or it doesen't. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html