The Pick and Place Unveiled
When the printed wiring or circuit board was first created in the 1940s, it was done so in part to reduce the increasing complexity of attempting to wire circuits
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To Panelize or Not to Panelize – That is the Question
The majority of board manufacturers create boards in large panels. These panels can include different designs or simply one design repeated many
Breaking Out the BGAs
Ball grid array devices are, without question, an increasingly important aspect of printed circuit board design. While their benefits are numerous, they present the
Reflow Soldering: Better Than Easy-Bake
Desktop or even home-made reflow ovens are becoming much more common in the tech world for both DIYers and small start-ups. The overall concept of reflow soldering is
Don’t Lose Your Cool: Important Ways to Approach Heat Management
When you watch a movie on your laptop, the fan almost immediately starts to sound like a jet engine, and feels warm enough to start a
PCB Finishes
There are many parts of a circuit board—the laminate that creates the foundation for the entire board, the copper traces that do the work, the solder mask to make
Radar for your home
Based on the company's XeThru radar technology, two modules can detect a human's presence just from their chest movement while breathing tracked them in
The Membrane Potentiometer – A competitive alternative to traditional linear and rotary position sensors
Membrane potentiometers have established themselves within the market over the past twenty years due to fascinating technological advancements in their
Understanding Polymer and Hybrid Capacitors
The various polymer and hybrid capacitors have distinct sweet spots in terms of their ideal voltages, frequency characteristics, environmental conditions and other
Laminates Lay the Foundation
Printed circuit boards, at first glance, seem like simple rectangles imprinted with intricate copper