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 ...

A single development board that supports many of Texas InstrumentsInc.'s microcontroller devices has been developed by SchmartBoard Inc.(San Ramon, Calif.). Normally different MCU families require ...

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 ...

BEST Inc., a leader in electronic component and PCB services, is pleased to announce they have published a tech paper describing techniques for reworking BGA components to ensure quality during the ...

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 ...

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 ...