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 ...

Whether it is a loose wire or a broken solder point on a printed circuit board, repairing small electrical connections with a soldering iron is a fun and simple task. Step 1: Start with a 25-watt or ...

Soldering to a PC board can be tricky: Too much heat can make the copper trace lift right off the board substrate. Use a soldering pencil rated at 15-25 watts, no more. (Watch the video; story ...

In Part 3 of our weeklong series about local manufacturing, WGLT visits a Bloomington company that serves both farms and the ...

It’s not uncommon in cheaper devices to find a ribbon cable soldered directly to the circuit board like the one pictured above. Using a connector would have been a much more resilient approach, but ...