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 ...

So, I installed a new DC power jack on a laptop motherboard. Being the genius I am, I thought I would add a little epoxy around the jack on the top of the board to ensure it stayed put and didn't ...

Indium Corporation technical support engineer Carson Burt will deliver a technical presentation on solder paste best practices at the SMTA Empire Expo and Tech Forum, to be held October 1 in East ...