The different types of PCB assembly methods like surface mount, through-hole, and mixed assembly. How these PCB assembly processes differ from each other. The performance of a printed circuit board ...

The importance of SMT in PCB manufacturing. How SMT can be beneficial for PCB manufacturers. Have you opened an electronic device and found some small component networks? You see pieces of different ...

I’ve experienced a lot of pain with a recent project and wanted to share some thoughts: I was doing the PCB layout on a time-critical project and needed component footprints and 3D step models. Many ...

A switch supports PCB design with performance, assembly, and operation, helping engineers fit configuration functions into ...

This is the first of several articles in the PCB Design Best Practices series, which discusses the different steps of PCB development from the basics of creating a design schematic with specific ...

As computers have gotten smaller and less expensive over the years, so have their components. While many of us got our start in the age of through-hole PCBs, this size reduction has led to more and ...

Littelfuse has released its TDB series of ultra-miniature surface mount half-pitch (1.27mm) DIP switches. The half-pitch ...

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 ...

Littelfuse, Inc. has launched the Littelfuse/C&K TDB Series, an ultra-miniature, half-pitch surface-mount DIP switch family engineered to support high-density PCB designs where space, reliability, and ...