kill arduino: top 10 ways

10 Ways to KILL arduino

sjteo: I have loads of dead arduino in my office that were accumulated when I was away. I think we should set up a best practices. URL: http://ruggedcircuits.com/html/ancp01.html Quick Links: Method #1: Shorting I/O Pins to Ground VERY COMMON PROBLEM! Method #2: Shorting I/O Pins to Each Other VERY COMMON PROBLEM! Method #3: Apply Overvoltage to I/O Pins  Method #4: Apply External Vin Power Backwards Method #5: Apply >5V to the 5V Connector Pin Method #6: Apply >3.3V to the 3.3V Connector Pin Method #7: Short Vin to GND Method #8: Apply 5V External Power with Vin Load Method #9: Apply >13V to Reset Pin Method #10: Exceed Total Microcontroller Current VERY COMMON PROBLEM!