Continued pressure for electronic devices that provide greater functionality in ever-smaller form-factors is not only providing the driving force behind developing smaller surface-mount components and ...

In recent months, the ability to hide components inside a circuit board has become an item of interest. We could trace this to the burgeoning badgelife movement, where engineers create beautiful works ...

The complexity and density of electronics design has increased, partly due to the rise of the mobile industry, introducing new challenges for printed-circuit board (PCB) designers. Embedding ...

Inspired by the wise words of commenters on this blog and a friend making an electronic thing, I thought I would share my experience of boxing projects to make reliable (claimeth I) useful (debateth ...

Through-hole assembly means bending leads on components and putting the leads through holes in the circuit board, then soldering them in place, and trimming the wires. That took up too much space and ...

Santa Rosa, CA. Schurter has expanded its range of current compensated chokes with high current types for PCB mounting. Chokes in the DKIH Series are now available with a nanocrystalline ring core, ...

TE Connectivity (TE), formerly Tyco Electronics, has developed a surface-mount LGA 2011 socket specifically for Intel Corp's Core i7 and Xeon 5 CPU processors. The contacts of TE's new LGA 2011 socket ...

One of the first decisions involved in laying out a printed circuit board (PCB) is choosing the type and style of components to be used. This decision is mainly driven by the PCB’s electrical ...