Hobby electronics manufacturer SparkFun has started offering various classes at their Boulder, CO facility. [Landon] has been attending as many as possible and posted about his experience during their ...

The process of creating a PCB is complex and involves a large number of steps beginning with the Layout stage and culminating in the assembly of the boards. The entire process goes through ...

A PCB stencil provides a template that goes over the PCB and has openings only where solder paste needs to be applied. With a glob of solder paste and a squeegee, an entire board can have the solder ...

This is a solder paste stencil machined from a beer can. [Simon Ludborzs] spent quite a bit of time dialing in his process to get to this point. Note the nice crisp edges of the openings. That’s a big ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Taking an electronics prototype to the next level often means ...

Robert Kay, chief technical officer at the firm, said one customer has already set up a volume line and others are in a pre-production assessment phase. “The interest is coming from the largest ...