I got a cute sample from Schmartboard. They make little circuit boards that have long strips on them so you can solder SOICs down and then wire up the chip with a combination of jumpers and ...

In designing and prototyping electronic circuit boards there is no quick or simple way to produce results. Many hours of design and development need to be expended on prototype layouts along with ...

Bob Pease is big on hands-on engineering. He says, “A soldering iron is my Spice”. This is similar to a comment I heard in my consulting days: “An ounce of trial is better than a pound of opinion.” ...

The coveted 2015 James Dyson Award for innovative engineering has been snagged by four Canadian graduate students for a prototype circuit board printer dubbed the Voltera V-One. The brainchild of ...

In future iterations, BotFactory believes it can 3D-print multi-layered surface-mounted circuit boards, like what’s inside your cell phone. That’s not going to be possible with the first generation of ...

Most of these devices rely on printed circuit boards (PCBs) made of copper, fiberglass, and epoxy resin. These are the flat, ...

Update on Nov. 8 at 11:21 a.m. Pacific: Corrected to reflect the printer’s resolution which is 10 mil, not 10 millimeters, and to the timing of its fundraising plans. Cyril Ebersweiler, hardware ...

Chances are you haven’t heard of Tempo Automation, a startup located in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood, but it’s caught the eye of investors for its approach to low-volume electronics assembly ...

Every few months some new gadget comes along that’s faster, offers better battery life, or finds another way to make the phone, tablet, or PC sitting on your desk look boring. While it’s pretty nifty ...