If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I’m currently in the middle of creating an 18 kWh powerwall out of reclaimed electric scooter batteries. Weird flex, I know. Right now I live in an apartment ...

Ah, soldering. It’s great for sticking surface mount parts to a PCB, and it’s really great for holding component legs in a plated through-hole. It also does a pretty great job of holding two spliced ...

Hirose has launched a high-current board-to-board connector ideally suited for harsh environment applications including ...

if the board was shipped without the ATA connector installed, you can bet that they left off a bunch of other components that are required for that port to work. <BR><BR>In short, the chances of you ...

Over the past few weeks we've looked at thread checkers to identify nuts and bolts, handy flexible hose clamp pliers and battery desulfators. This week's cool tool, generically known as heat-shrink ...

There’s a satisfaction in watching someone else at work, particularly when they are demonstrating a solution to a soldering problem you have encountered in the past. SMA panel sockets have a ...

Here is a compact and cost-effective alternative to hand-soldering in high-volume 18-AWG wire applications. AVX has released a vertical connector that bridges the gap between inexpensive but highly ...

Hirose unveils board-to-board connector designed to withstand demanding conditions in automotive powertrains and ECUs.

Q-I plan to replace two of my electrical switches and two outdoor outlets. The new switches and receptacles have wires sticking out to be connected to the wires coming out of the wall, but there are ...

We've seen the connectors you're talking about. At a glance, they seem to offer the best of both worlds: the mechanical clamp of a crimp connector and the superior connection of a soldered connection.

While the KeebDeck Basic is pretty much just a set of PCBs squeezed together with silicone keys exposed on top, Solder Party ...