This application note provides an in-depth discussion of the soldering process and how it relates to leaded LED lamps and display components, with the objective of serving as a guide to achieving high ...

Soldering is the process of using a metal alloy with a low melting temperature (solder) to fuse the electrical contacts of a component to the pads of a circuit board. Proper soldering maximizes the ...

Mini LED chips can measure as small as 50μm × 100μm, with pad spacing as narrow as 5-50μm, demanding extreme precision in ...

When electronic components are mounted onto a printed circuit board, they are subsequently visually inspected to ensure they are mounted correctly. Historically, these boards were photographed with a ...

Kamstrup, a Danish manufacturer of smart water meters, is using selective soldering equipment from Nordson Electronics ...

When it comes to soldering irons, most of us are likely to be in agreement that there is a level of quality below which we will not descend. To do a decent job requires a decent tool, and when it ...

In my latest Awesomely Interesting Electronic Projects for Beginners column, we added a small microphone breakout board (BOB) to our breadboard. As part of this, we had to solder a 3-pin header to our ...

Tombstoning is a defect where a two-leaded, wrap-around lead-style termination chip component fails to lay down appropriately and allow solder to simultaneously make a required electrical/mechanical ...

In a time when DDR5 kits can cost more than a graphics card, some builders are literally soldering their own memory sticks to ...