Originally Posted by
Nige321
My son is studying electronic engneering and computer science.
He's about to power up a new project (A cube sat) and he's been looking at tips on how to do it without anything going bang.
Which got us thinking...
It's bad enough powering up a new PCB.
Anyone got any info or articles on how an aircraft is powered on first time?
Fire extiguishers at the ready??!
I don't know, but I would assume that all discrete individual components had some kind of operational test at manufacture. That would leave installed wiring harnesses as the remaining untested components. But it could be I'm making erroneous assumptions about quality control at the manufacturers of components.