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 ...

Printed circuit boards are a fundamental part of both of commercial electronic equipment and of the projects we feature here on Hackaday. Many of us have made our own, whether done so from first ...

Part 3 delves into critical equipment for testing today's electronics, and provides updates on circuit-board designs from Part 1. This series installment will address the lab equipment that’s pretty ...

Huawei Technologies Co has replaced more than 13,000 components in its range of products with local substitutes and redesigned over 4,000 circuit boards in the past three years, founder Ren Zhengfei ...

Almost every electronic device you've ever held in your hand has some sort of printed circuit board (PCB) in it. PCBs are an essential part of modern technology, but they're a little inflexible, ...