Homebrew reflow projects generally follow a pretty simple formula: find a thrift shop toaster oven or hot plate, add a microcontroller and a means to turn the heating element on and off, and close the ...

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 ...

There was a time when reflow soldering was an impossibly exotic process at our level, something that only the most superhuman of hackers could even dream of attempting. But a demystification of the ...

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 ...

A 40-pin solder-tag board for easy connection of your Raspberry Pi computer board is available from RS Components. The solder-tag board’s solder-tag terminals are positioned to match the 40 pins on ...

Judging by the number of e-mails Electronics Weekly receives each week, the legislation and timetables around the RoHS and WEEE Directives are still causing a lot of confusion. EW is inviting readers ...

For decades, solder has been the glue that holds electrical components to the circuit boards installed in computers and other electronic devices. Sunnyvale’s Verdant Electronics hopes to change that, ...

Having worked in the engineering department of an electronics contract manufacturing company in the late 80s, I remember well the assembly lines that required both thru-hole and surface mount boards.