If you are lucky enough to encounter a piece of homebrew electronics from the 1950s, the chances are that under the covers the components will be assembled on solder tags, each component with long ...

Modding today's hardware often means moving or removing tiny surface mount components, and using a standard soldering iron feels about as effective as using a hammer to kill a fly. If buying an ...

For most of us, soldering electronics means soldering on “through hole components,” that are large and easy to handle. However, when machines build components, they use “surface mount components,” ...

It's not enough to use reliable surface-mount components. You also have to properly solder them to the pc board. The right tools can help you understand the causes of board attachments' long-term ...

As the power dissipation and availability of surface mount RF power amplifiers has increased, the need for careful thermal management of the next higher level assembly has become increasingly ...

With improvements in technology enhancing people’s lives, electronic products requirements have become greater in terms of being lighter, thinner, smaller, higher performance, and having more ...