I’ve experienced a lot of pain with a recent project and wanted to share some thoughts: I was doing the PCB layout on a time-critical project and needed component footprints and 3D step models. Many ...

Above is a video detailing one method for populating a two sided surface mount PCB. We covered using a stencil to apply solder paste for a PCB a few weeks ago. In the comments there was a debate about ...

One of the first decisions involved in laying out a printed circuit board (PCB) is choosing the type and style of components to be used. This decision is mainly driven by the PCB’s electrical ...

Abstract: Recently, the common source inductance (CSI) is regarded as one of the most important obstacles for achieving ultrafast switching of switching converters. The CSI is pointed out to be a ...

Let’s face it friends, everything is moving toward surface mount components. We’ve seen quite a few features here that cover using stencils to populate boards and using ovens to reflow. [Oleg] has put ...

Should folks building small numbers of circuit boards use surface-mount parts, or should they stick with through-hole components that are so much easier to handle and solder (not to mention see)?

Distributor Heilind Electronics is stocking the 3M Four-Wall Header 2500 Series, a versatile .100″ × .100″ wire to board ...

PCBs designed to inject 9V into a phone line to play Dreamcast games online. It may be able to do 18V for PAL consoles/modems but this has not been tested. Comes in either a Surface Mount component ...

MILL-MAX Part numbers 1440-X, 1460-X and 1480-X SMT surface mount printed circuit board pins feature firm’s Sure-Hold grooved base design. Each pin has four channels machined into the SMT base ...