Senseair, Swedish subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Microdevices, has developed the “S12 CO 2 ” as a next-generation CO 2 sensor for demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) in zero-energy buildings ...

The different types of PCB assembly methods like surface mount, through-hole, and mixed assembly. How these PCB assembly processes differ from each other. The performance of a printed circuit board ...

In context: The Raspberry Pi Foundation's latest release, the Pi 500 Keyboard PC, integrates the powerful Raspberry Pi 5 into a sleek, compact keyboard design. The innovative form factor positions the ...

In the surface assembly process of electronic products, especially in the high-volume reflow soldering process, the tombstone effect of passive chip components to the PCBA assembly soldering adds a ...

Apple's Unified Memory Architecture first brought changes to the Mac with Apple Silicon M1 chips. There are clear architectural benefits for the hardware — and it is both good and bad for consumers.

Thanks to Apple’s move to its own chips, the Mac has been on a roll recently, after a frustrating spell of bad keyboards, poor ports, and overheating with pre-M1 Macs. But not all of those old Macs ...

In our previous article on Ball Grid Arrays (BGAs), we explored how to design circuit boards and how to route the signals coming out of a BGA package. But designing a board is one thing – soldering ...

With the Raspberry Pi Pico in mind, UK company OpenLX SP has answered the question: ‘how do I temporarily mount a castellated solder-down PCB module?’. The answer is a connector dubbed Clipzin, which ...

I need to buy a soldering iron, a means of desoldering, some solder, and whatever else I need to do soldering. I'll be working on PCBs, initially attempting to service my old Mac but can see myself ...