PCB stencils make application of solder paste a snap, but there’s a long, fussy way to go before the paste goes on. You’ve got to come up with some way to accurately align the stencil over the board, ...

EMS companies who produce PCBA’s have been using stencils for decades, to apply solder paste to boards, but this traditional method may one day be a thing of the past. Adam Harsant, Director at ...

Most assemblers in the electronic industry use no-clean solder paste mainly to eliminate having to clean the circuit-board assemblies. Manufacturers such as Rush PCB prefer to run all production with ...

Ever since Intel switched away from using solder to a thermal interface material on its desktop CPUs, enthusiasts have been asking the company to reverse that decision -- and occasionally cracking the ...

Just recently we reviewed Intel's latest Core i9-9900K and Core i7-9700K processors. In summary, the 9900K was fast, but not fast enough to justify the price and that appears to be the general ...

Need to use that antiquated hardware that can only be connected via a parallel port? It might take you some time to find a computer that still has one of those, or you could try out this USB to ...