Yes, I understand this.
By how many degrees Fahrenheit does this vibration increase the temperature of the traces, wires and solder connections?
What increase in resistance in ohms through the traces and the wiring is occasioned by the increase in temperature?
We are talking basic electrical stuff here: temperature, resistance, wire, circuit board traces. How does entropy add anything material to this electrical discussion?
Again, I'm curious about the resistance in ohms you are referring to here.
How do your feet reduce the temperature of the traces and the wiring which was raised due to vibration?
Ron
Thank you for your question. Respectfully.........
You appear to be expressing “vibration” as a largescale, expansive energy force applied in a hammer-like way to an electrical signal, so much so that it would make a meter jump. This is not the issue. Here is the issue. During the course of a recent discussion with a highly accomplished engineer in our industry, we discussed the intersection of our labors to reduce noise floor in his components. I provide the feet he uses with his products. His efforts are electrical whereas mine are mechanical. His persistent question remains, what is the exact mechanism, and/or where is the exact entry point, we can definitively point to where vibration enters a circuit and degradation begins. On the electrical end of the question, he has lowered the noise floor in his circuitry to the point where he can no longer obtain a measurement of
any noise. This is not to say that noise does not exist, he just can’t quantify it. This is because the noise floor of the analyzer is higher than the noise floor of the circuit being measured. How can this be? This is how far the science of our industry has progressed. Upon deeper consideration, one must consider that electricity is a dimensionless form of energy running through materials that possess dimension and mass. Mass and dimension are the core requisites for vibration to transmit. When mechanical energy, vibration, is applied to a circuit with this degree of sensitivity,
any change to the drift motion of the valence electrons caused by erratic movements of positive ions in the crystalline structures of the dimensional materials through which the signal is moving degrades the signal. Another way of explaining this point might be to ask, how much vibration is required to degrade the performance of an electron microscope. The answer is,
any. Now, these are apples and oranges technologies, but at the same time, their optimal performance depends upon an undisturbed flow of electrons. So, please forgive me for saying this, the questions you ask basic as you described them, are not germane right here.
With respect to entropy relative to the problem described, one might better ask is entropy the result or the cause of the problem? The answer is at first a result and, later, potentially a further cause. Entropy is produced by real, non-ideal processes. Because entropy can be transferred into and/or out of a system, entropy can be a result of and a furtherance of signal degradation. This is why electrical signal paths benefit from transferring entropy out of the system.
The answer to your last question is, one the materials we use conducts heat into the outer shell of the foot.
I hope I have been helpful.
All the Best,
Joe
