Getting your own PCBs made is a rite of passage for the hardware hacker. Oftentimes, it’s a proud moment, and many of us choose to immortalise the achievement with a self-aggrandizing credit on the ...

Most of us are familiar with the concept of producing PCBs in a panel, and snapping them apart afterwards. V-grooves that go most of the way through a PCB are one way to go about this, but a line of ...

So, you’re trying to get a handle on BGA flip chip tech? It’s one of those things that sounds complicated, but once you break it down, it’s not so bad. Basically, it’s a way to connect chips to ...