Soldering to a PC board can be tricky: Too much heat can make the copper trace lift right off the board substrate. Mike Allen gives you a quick lesson, from picking the right pencil to cleaning cop ...

Popular Mechanics senior automotive editor Mike Allen demonstrates the basics of how to solder electrical components onto a printed circuit board.

For those of you who followed along with our Eagle CAD series, here is the final payoff where we assemble the circuit board that was designed. In this video, [Jack] explains where things will go on… ...

Soldering is an important skill for anybody who wants to put together circuit boards, play around with Arduino setups, or work on almost any type of electrical project. When first beginning ...

This makes it really hard to get a good solder joint.<BR><BR>So, what can I use to clean off the excess epoxy without destroying the board?

There is no mention of the solder mask material used but oil-based silk screen ink is specified. Although the details are lacking, the photos show that it works pretty well.

Everything starts with the design. Engineers review every PCB file carefully, checking trace widths, spacings, and hole sizes ...

The repair is a choice of swapping out the $150 control board, or grabbing a soldering iron and repairing that particular solder point.

Terrell, Texas-based Conecsus LLC says it will exhibit at the SMTA Juarez Expo & Tech Forum April 6, 2017, at the event in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The company says it will be displaying how it ...

Turn broken electronics into hands-on lessons. Master soldering while embracing the DIY mindset of learning by doing.