This blog is Part 3 in a series that initiates designing prototype circuits from home. Part 1 [1] introduced the concept whereas Part 2 [2] addressed schematic capture (using National Instrument's ...

I got a cute sample from Schmartboard. They make little circuit boards that have long strips on them so you can solder SOICs down and then wire up the chip with a combination of jumpers and ...

There you are at the surplus store, staring into the bin of faded orange, yellow, red, and black, boxes–a treasure trove of vintage vacuum tubes—dreaming about building a tube amp for your guitar or a ...

SchmartBoard has announced that patent 7,511,228 has been granted for the company’s “EZ” technology for hand-soldering surface-mount technology (SMT) electronic components (see the figure). This ...

Prototron Circuits Southwest Inc. started out humble, at least in Tucson. Parent company Prototron Circuits of Redmond, Wash., was doing work for big-name companies in the Seattle area including ...

Digging through boxes of the prototype circuits that Bob Pease had amassed over the years proved to be a fun time for all involved. 1. Texas Instruments application engineer Paul Grohe holds up an ...