Manufacturing of a modern component-laded printed circuit board (PCB) is an amazing fusion and coordination of diverse technologies. There’s the board as substrate itself, the stencils and masks that ...

It’s been five years in the making and now QUAD, the classic British hi-fi brand, says it is finally ready to launch its most accomplished range of audio electronics yet. The new Platina Series is ...

[Kalesh Sasidharan] from Sciotronics wrote in to tell us about their project, Stamp: a modular set of template breakout boards designed to make prototyping with SMD components faster, easier, and more ...

This article originally appeared on TV Tech sister brand Radio World. With the U.S. economy in a state of flux as the Trump Administration tightens — and subsequently laxes — the flow of imports into ...

A manufacturer’s perspective on determining parts layout. A land pattern refers to the footprint or layout of surface-mount components on a printed circuit board (PCB). It includes the arrangement of ...

Older folks may recall the famous Tektronix 576 and 577 curve tracers from half a century ago. A few of these have survived the decades and ended up in some lucky engineer’s home/work lab. Wow the ...

High power SMD ceramic-based chip resistors are susceptible to solder joint failure, cracking, and pulling the solder lands off the PCB. This is due to the difference in the coefficient of thermal ...

Apple's recent spate of hardware releases included a long-awaited update to the Mac Mini. The new model comes with the latest Apple silicon inside a redesigned chassis. However, in true Apple fashion, ...