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> I'm going to make a safe bet that there's no way any of the capacitors involved survive anywhere near that long. Why? All capacitors on the flash drive are M
by crote 2y ago
> I'm going to make a safe bet that there's no way any of the capacitors involved survive anywhere near that long.
Why? All capacitors on the flash drive are MLCCs, which unlike their electrolytic counterparts aren't exactly known for failing - let alone simply due to age. When push comes to shove you can just remove them without meaningfully impacting functionality anyways.
- vlovich123 2y agoBoth [1] and [2] suggests that the lifetime of ceramic capacitors is generally limited. I can't find details on whether the Pi uses type 1 or type 2, but my guess would still be the capacitor with other components within the CPU failing before the 200 years. The USB would definitely still fail (physically or logically) before the 200 years is up. [1] https://page.venkel.com/hubfs/1_Images/Resource%20Center/Cross%20Reference%20Images/Cross%20Reference%20Guide%20(PDFs)/Cheat%20Sheets%20(PDFs)/storage-and-shelf-life-mlcc-components-venkel-ltd.pdf https://page.venkel.com/hubfs/1_Images/Resource%20Center/Cro... [2] https://www.edn.com/class-2-ceramic-capacitors-can-you-trust-them/ https://www.edn.com/class-2-ceramic-capacitors-can-you-trust...