Those of us who build our own electronics should have some idea of the process used to assemble modern surface-mount printed circuit boards. Whether we hand-solder, apply paste with a syringe, use ...

Fast forward to today, a new systems integration platform has emerged that fuses packaging with traditional approaches to PCB ...

Physical design, building blocks and fitting them together. Crossover points in the machining and drilling are seen over and ...

This is done to speed up PCB assembly as multiple boards can have solder paste applied, go through a pick and place machine, and be sent into the reflow oven as a single unit. Often this is done ...