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Sometimes it might seem as if your electronics are just jinxed. For [Niva_v_kopirce] it was the control board of his nephew’s RC car that kept frying the transistors. In situations like this, you can ...

Surface mount is where the action is in the world of DIY PCBs, and deservedly so. SMDs are so much smaller than through-hole components, and fewer holes to drill make surface-mount PCBs easier to ...

Spending time to refine and improve the basic solder paste design, as well as choosing the thickness and material, will result in a stencil that will consistently provide successful results. When ...

Removing the use of stencils for applying solder paste seven years ago helped to put Gemini Tec on the path to sustained success and business growth, with PCBA production topping 100,000 units in 2015 ...

EMS companies who produce PCBA’s have been using stencils for decades, to apply solder paste to boards, but this traditional method may one day be a thing of the past. Adam Harsant, Director at ...

The package an IC uses has a very significant effect on layout flexibility and layout can make the difference between a great product, a product with questionable reliability and something that just ...