This is the most complex or detailed soldering I've done so far, the QFN20 package is very small but still not impossible to solder using conventional tools. In this video I make a functional circuit ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Introducing nitrogen to the solder process can enhance reliability and yields. Inert gas soldering systems, which use a controlled nitrogen blanket atmosphere and an entry vacuum oxygen/nitrogen ...

ECD’s M-VP rugged vapor phase reflow soldering barrier is designed for use with any ECD six-channel MOLE thermal profiler. Is suitable for use in both batch and in-line vapor phase reflow soldering ...

Accounting for the assembly process will put your design on the fast track. Thought-provoking questions keep coming my way, and then it’s down the old rabbit hole. So it goes something like this: “How ...

We've got a feast for your eyes today, and it's some of the most mesmerizing footage we've seen through a microscope this year. Robert Feranec, a hardware design engineer and educator who runs an ...

What’s solder for, anyway? It’s just the stuff that sticks the parts to the PCB. If you’re rapid prototyping, possibly with expensive components, and want to be able to remove chips from the board ...