Soldering to a PC board can be tricky: Too much heat can make the copper trace lift right off the board substrate. Use a soldering pencil rated at 15-25 watts, no more. (Watch the video; story ...

The most frequently used technique for soldering electronic parts is hand soldering, specially when you are still creating your prototype boards. This is commonly performed with the use of a soldering ...

The general process of circuit board assembly goes like this: You order your PCBs. You also order your components. For surface mount components, you apply solder paste to the pads, put the components ...

If you design printed circuit boards, then you will have also redesigned printed circuit boards. Nobody gets it right the first time, every time. Sometimes you can solder a scrap of 30gauge wire, flip ...

The basic metallurgy of solder. How to make a solder joint. How to repair a circuit board. The vintageTEK museum is a geek’s paradise to tour if visiting the Portland, Oregon area. The museum has ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a compact, robust, and low-cost method for interconnecting printed circuit boards (PCBs) without ...

Mill-Max's organic fibre plug (OFP®) solder barrier receptacles are discrete sockets for through-hole soldering into printed circuit boards. Mill-Max's organic fibre plug (OFP®) solder barrier ...