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Other than the battery - as long as the devices wasn't exposed to corrosion, what do we think could fail on it, if it wasn't being used?
by ghshephard 5y ago
Other than the battery - as long as the devices wasn't exposed to corrosion, what do we think could fail on it, if it wasn't being used?
- toomuchtodo 5y agoTin whiskers. https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/background/index.htm https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/background/index.htm
- rovr138 5y agoInfrastructure to handle them. Programming on the device not being corrupted or erased due to lack of power, insufficient power.
- dv_dt 5y agoBesides many of the other mentioned items in other comments, loss of performance/tuning the radio components. Loss of other performance of electronic components - Eg some other form of the caps drying out and killing operations. Of the battery: storage in non ideal conditions. Folding of the company supplying the service was mentioned but I see that as most likely.