How a longtime PCB supplier became a contract manufacturer. More than a handful of US-based printed circuit board fabricators offer some degree of assembly in order to meet customer demand. Often, ...

Every year, the world throws away about 62 million metric tons of electronic waste. Despite the valuable metals in electronics, we recycle less than a quarter of what we produce. At the end of the day ...

Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) serve as the cornerstone of nearly every electronic device, from phones to powerful servers. Yet, how exactly do these intricate boards come together? The process blends ...

We’ve all made a few bad PCBs in our time. Sometimes they’re recoverable, and a few bodge wires will make ’em good. Sometimes they’re too far gone and we have to start again. But what if you could ...

PCB Bancorp’s provisioning for loan losses will likely spike in 1Q due to the wildfires. Further margin expansion is on the cards as deposit re-pricing will likely outpace loan re-pricing in a falling ...

Abstract: In this paper, a new method to diagnose turn-to-turn short-circuit faults (TSCFs) and high-resistance connections (HRCs) for soft-starters fed squirrel cage-rotor induction motors (IMs) is ...

The basic metallurgy of solder. How to make a solder joint. How to repair a circuit board. The vintageTEK museum is a geek’s paradise to tour if visiting the Portland, Oregon area. The museum has ...

In a new spin on green electronics, researchers have made a biodegradable electronic circuit board from tree leaves. Such leaf-based electronics, or “leaftronics” as the team from Dresden University ...

In power systems, potential transformers (PTs) are responsible for stepping down high voltage to low voltage. However, a short circuit between turns on the primary side of a generator outlet PT can ...