Unless you’d like to spend hours with a toothpick and a tub of solder paste, stencils are the way to go whenever you’re placing SMD parts. While most commercial and industrial SMD stencils are made ...

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Even if you’ve overcome your fear diddling about with tiny SMD components, applying solder paste – especially if you’re populating more than one board at a time – is still a chore. The pros use very ...

If you’re like me, your kitchen cabinets are filled with white plates. In fact, almost my entire cupboard is filled with boring white ceramic plates. Although white plates and cups are ideal for food ...