Still looking for a good way to reflow solder at home? Look no further! [Don] has a very handy and inexpensive solution that looks great. It makes use of a cheap hot plate, a solid state relay, an IR ...

In my so-far nearly 30 years of writing for EDN, I’ve learned a lot about my ever-evolving audience (i.e., you), at least two aspects of which are directly relevant to this particular writeup: Or take ...

In the solder paste process (SMT), the minimum safe distance between the SMD pads and the inline pads is recommended to be 0.4mm to 1mm. this distance effectively prevents solder paste bridging, ...

Abstract: Increased functional density and reduced input/output (I/O) spacing are the market trends in the electronics manufacturing industry. Industry reports indicate that approximately 50%-70% of ...

Pour one out for yet another device conquered. This one’s a desk phone for conferences and whatnot, a colour display, a numpad, and a bog standard handset with a speaker and mic. Naturally, also ...

Earlier in this series, a compact FM radio was created using a touch display. From there, the design moved forward with an FM radio integrated into an earbud—though that version had a limitation: the ...

Abstract: The reflow soldering process of large size SMD components - having a dimension over 5 mm - were always challenging for the microelectronics industry because of the higher risk of component ...

Lumberjack is a split 5x12 ortholinear keyboard PCB using through-hole components only. The goal of this project is to build an all through-hole component ortholinear PCB that fits in a standard 60% ...

This project features a compact and efficient DC-DC buck-boost converter, based on the XL6019 chip, designed to maintain a stable 12V output over a wide input voltage range of 9V to 30V. This project ...

Years ago I bought a HDMI to CSI adaptor board from a well know chinese emarket place because it was cheap and I as interrested to play with such thing. It is as a copy of the Auvidea B101 HDMI to CSI ...