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 ...

This is a circuit which helps us in turning off the soldering iron automatically when it detects overheating and thereby avoids it from getting damaged. This is a circuit which helps us in turning off ...

Soldering is an important skill for anybody who wants to put together circuit boards, play around with Arduino setups, or work on almost any type of electrical project. When first beginning, however, ...

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 ...

Here is a simple but inexpensive inverter for using a small soldering iron (25W, 35W, etc) In the absence of mains supply. It uses eight transistors and a few resistors and capacitors. Transistors Q1 ...

When writing my last article, I came upon something I thought had been lost to the seven seas of YouTube: the old-school “Basic Soldering Lesson” series from Pace Worldwide. This nine-episode-long ...

May & Scofield manufacturers electronic controls and systems, and needed to fulfill a contract for automotive flex circuits which forbade hand soldering. It turned to capital equipment distributor ...

The VERSAFLOW ONE X-Series represents a groundbreaking advancement in in-line selective soldering technology. Engineered for versatility and efficiency, this compact system features a dual-pot ...

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 ...

Scaling of large-scale chips for AI is limited by the mismatch in CTE of circuit boards and the devices mounted on them.