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==Tips & Techniques==
 
==Tips & Techniques==
 
===Metable Wire around a Resistor===
 
===Metable Wire around a Resistor===
This is the way to have a self destruct circuit (mission impossible) on a device. The simplest way is to have as the following (from Amp Hour 679):
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A simple physical actuator mechanism by burning wire. The simplest way is to have as the following (from Amp Hour 679):
 
  Dan Esparon: Yep. That's pretty much it. Right. As far as I'm aware. At least that's what the test pods look like. Yeah. Very low tech.    Very reliable. I mean, our solar panels, you see a lot of the solar panels on CubeSats and antenna elements even. They're all, all the  hold down release mechanisms for them are all burn wire. So you wrap a little bit of meltable wire around a resistor. Yes. Get up the  resistor. I've done that.
 
  Dan Esparon: Yep. That's pretty much it. Right. As far as I'm aware. At least that's what the test pods look like. Yeah. Very low tech.    Very reliable. I mean, our solar panels, you see a lot of the solar panels on CubeSats and antenna elements even. They're all, all the  hold down release mechanisms for them are all burn wire. So you wrap a little bit of meltable wire around a resistor. Yes. Get up the  resistor. I've done that.
 
I'm not sure what wire is used, or if it's the same as fusible wire / fuse wire / fusible links, which are found in the automotive industry.
 
I'm not sure what wire is used, or if it's the same as fusible wire / fuse wire / fusible links, which are found in the automotive industry.

Latest revision as of 14:37, 27 July 2026

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Metable Wire around a Resistor

A simple physical actuator mechanism by burning wire. The simplest way is to have as the following (from Amp Hour 679):

Dan Esparon: Yep. That's pretty much it. Right. As far as I'm aware. At least that's what the test pods look like. Yeah. Very low tech.    Very reliable. I mean, our solar panels, you see a lot of the solar panels on CubeSats and antenna elements even. They're all, all the  hold down release mechanisms for them are all burn wire. So you wrap a little bit of meltable wire around a resistor. Yes. Get up the  resistor. I've done that.

I'm not sure what wire is used, or if it's the same as fusible wire / fuse wire / fusible links, which are found in the automotive industry.