WG 1.0 - Wrist Straps

Our WG 1 meeting during the ESDA 2026 March Meeting Series in Las Vegas, NV, is scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (PDT) in Sierra Ballroom 4/5/7.  

To remind you of our current activities in WG 1, we have attached the slide set from the September 2025 meeting series and the minutes. At the March meeting, we will review the proposed changes to ANSI/ESD S1.1.

 I have planned the following agenda:

1. Welcome (2 minutes)

2. Assign a note-taker to capture the meeting minutes (2 minutes)

3. Review Etiquette and Policies Slides (1-3 minutes)

4. Document Status (5 minutes):

5. Next revision of ANSI/ESD S1.1 “Wrist Straps” – 60 minutes
– Intended outcome: Complete review of technical changes and prepare the document for WG review

6. Assigned Action Items [5 minutes]

7. Review of parking lot items [5 minutes]

8. Other Business**

9. Schedule the next meeting

The committee continued reviewing TR1.0–01 and created an experiment team for continuous monitor testing.

The committee continued reviewing TR1.0–01; need to continue updating to include new technologies.

The WG completed an update to the continuous monitor section for TR20.20. The WG reviewed ESD TR1.0-01-2X “Survey of Constant (Continuous) Monitors for Wrist Straps” and discussed the status and contents of the document.

The WG completed the review of the wrist strap section for ESD TR20.20. The WG also reviewed some of the constant monitor section of TR20.20. Additional work will be done in virtual meetings to complete the review.

A presentation was given by IonaTech on personal voltage monitoring technology in response to the efforts of the WG on the technical report on “Survey of Constant Monitors for Wrist Straps”.

The WG discussed the wrist strap section of ESD TR2020 and focused on whether there was an impact on other documents within the WG.

The WG the review of TR1 “Survey of Constant Monitors for Wrist Straps” and will be sending out to members for review and comment again.

It was also noted that the WG needs to review the wrist strap and continuous monitor sections of the newly release of TR20.20.

The WG discussed the TR1 “Survey of Constant Monitors for Wrist Straps”, which had been reformatted by headquarters.

The WG adjudicated industry review comments and continued the review of ESD TR1.0-01 with WG comments.

The WG adjudicated STDCOM recicrulation vote comments. There were no technical changes made. The document will be submitted for industry review before the September meeting series. A solicitation was made for anyone interested in participating in the industry review. The WG began reviewing and updating ESD TR1.0-01 on continuous monitors.

The WG reviewed Technical Report ESD TR1.0-01-2X “Survey of Constant (Continuous) Monitors for Wrist Straps” and discussed the status and contents of the document.

Main changes requested:

• Combine sections on different continuous monitors.
• Add subsections on technologies (method) of constant monitors and pros and cons.
• Add a more detailed description of the procedure to verify grounding and alarming.
• Address grounding requirements of continuous monitors and monitoring of grounding

The group also discussed the inclusion of “dual-wire wrist straps” in a future revision of ANSI/ESD S1.1 (currently not covered in any document, other than ESD TR1.0-01-01).

The WG adjudicated STDCOM VBM comments. There were no technical changes made. The document will be submitted for industry review before the June meeting series. The WG will begin reviewing and updating ESD TR1.0-01 on continuous monitors.

Summary of meeting activities: 

The working group adjudicated TAS comments. The document will be sent to HQ for STDCOM vote. WG members will review TR1.0-01-01 between meeting series.