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 ...

The printed circuit board assembly process has undergone revolutionary changes over the past three decades. What once relied ...

Board Damage During Test Test must find PCB failures, not create them. Many current PCBs include small, surface-mount, low-power components that are more susceptible to damage than their predecessors.

Should folks building small numbers of circuit boards use surface-mount parts, or should they stick with through-hole components that are so much easier to handle and solder (not to mention see)?

OMRON Electronic Components Europe has introduced a new range of P6K surface-mount sockets designed to streamline the assembly and servicing of printed circuit board (PCB) relays. Surface-mount ...