EEVblog 1504 – The COOL thing you MISSED at Tesla AI Day 2022

A very cool bit of electronics failure mode analysis that you missed at the 2022 Tesla AI Day presentation. And it’s got nothing to do with the Optimus Tesla Bot!

A look at how ceramic capacitor vibration caused mechnical failure in a MEMS oscillator.

Youtube:

AI day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODSJsviD_SU

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1504-the-cool-thing-you-missed-at-tesla-2022-ai-day/
Ceramic capacitor cracking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKY5QWehME
Capacitor piezoelectric effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2gX-R1k7MM
Shock and vibration analysis of the MEMS oscillators used by Tesla: https://www.sitime.com/api/gated/AN10032-Shock-Vibration-Comparison-MEMS-and-Quartz-Oscillators.pdf
MEMS oscillator for automtive applications: https://www.sitime.com/api/gated/SiTime-MEMS-Oscillators-for-Automotive-Applications.pdf

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