Electronic Design

Basics of Design: How to Solder and Repair Circuit Boards

Whether you’re a book-learned engineer looking to finally get your hands on building circuits, or a maker, hobbyist, or student, these instructional videos get you started. The basic metallurgy of ...
Radio World

Karl’s Soldering Tips for Beginners

A set of tools like this can literally last a lifetime. They fit into a convenient pouch like a Klein Tools 5139. You can conquer the world with this kit! Everybody has individual tools that they like ...
Business Wire

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Introduces Printed Circuit Boards with Solderless, Board-in-Board Interconnections for Low-cost, Flexible Designs

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a compact, robust, and low-cost method for interconnecting printed circuit boards (PCBs) without ...
Ars Technica

Soldering a circuit that overheats

I've got a Bosch dishwasher that, like many Bosch dishwashers loves to melt the solder off the heater relay and requires repair every 12-18 months. (Bosch dishwasher engineers are completely ...
JSTOR Daily

The Use of Cobalt in Plated Copper to Inhibit the Formation of Brittle Copper-Tin Intermetallic Compounds at the Copper-Solder Interface on Printed Circuit Boards

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The formation of copper-tin intermetallic compounds of the Cu₆Sn₅ and the Cu₃Sn type at the interface between copper and solder on printed ...
Ars Technica

A wire has come loose, alternatives to soldering?

I have an old MBP that does not support audio through Display Port, and thus audio through HDMI. I have a dodgy converter that connects to the Display Port and to the audio out and then produces HDMI ...