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 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 ...

The RYII series reflow-solderable miniature power PCB relay features one pole with 8A rated current and one CO, one NO or one NC contact. The device benefits from a low height of only 12.3mm, ...

Through-hole assembly means bending leads on components and putting the leads through holes in the circuit board, then soldering them in place, and trimming the wires. That took up too much space and ...

Kamstrup, a Danish manufacturer of smart water meters, is using selective soldering equipment from Nordson Electronics ...

Efficient processes are needed to build a circuit board. Five students in Duane Beck’s manufacturing engineering technology senior design class developed prototype equipment to improve an inspection ...

Kennewick’s Manufacturing Services makes the circulatory system of electronics — circuit boards. Those circuit boards are designed and manufactured in a way to move electricity so that electronics ...