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I've had bugs relating to EMI issues crop up in testing before. The device in question had a compressor mounted inches from the touchscreen. It turned out the E
by jschwartzi 10y ago
I've had bugs relating to EMI issues crop up in testing before. The device in question had a compressor mounted inches from the touchscreen. It turned out the EMI from the compressor would generate phantom touch input on the display. It looked like a bug until I added a bunch of debug logging to the device.
Even if the computer is behaving predictably, the environment can do a wonderful job of making it go haywire.
- cortesoft 10y agoYeah, we sometimes forget that computers are physical machines that can be affected by their environment.