It’s been a while since we’ve had a fresh How-To on the Hack-A-Day, and frankly we’ve missed them. To get things rolling, [Eliot] and I wanted to build a good knowledge base to help you hack your own ...

Soldering is an important skill for anybody who wants to put together circuit boards, play around with Arduino setups, or work on almost any type of electrical project. When first beginning, however, ...

For most of us, soldering electronics means soldering on “through hole components,” that are large and easy to handle. However, when machines build components, they use “surface mount components,” ...