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 ...

Tired of making countless wire jumpers on my perfboard prototypes, I decided to run an experiment to try to minimize manual ...

PCB Design Best Practices: Six things to consider when making PCB component choices based on part footprints. All the examples in this article are developed using the NI Multisim design environment, ...

The best news when you power up a prototype supply board for the very first time is when it not only works, but also runs quiet and cool. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. A common problem ...

In the modern electronics industry, devices are becoming smaller, faster, and more sophisticated than ever before. To meet these demands, manufacturers require advanced printed circuit boards (PCBs) ...

RS Components has launched DesignSpark PCB Pro, an upgraded version of its PCB design suite with new productivity features. DesignSpark PCB Pro is aimed at professional electronic design engineers, ...

Anyone who’s spent significant amounts of time salvaging old electronics has probably wished there were a way to take apart a circuit board without desoldering it. [Zeyu Yan] et al seem to have had ...