Hello
I have made a design of a board, this board receives 4 inputs from a 12volts DC power supply connected to microswitches.
Those inputs go through an optocoupler, then through a schmitt inverter and into a 5 volts powered microcontroler.
Those microswitches are far away, 4/5meters and cables go near AC motor.
This PCB is inside a "do not open" metal case connected to mains ground.
I have been reading some documents about ESD, some sugest a ground plane connected with a 2kv CAP, with a .5inches gap between the 12power supply and mains ground, can you guys bring some insight about this.
How can ESD be applied to this PCB, sugestions ?