Getting the hang of through-hole soldering is tricky for those of us tinkering at home with our irons, spools, flux, and, sometimes, braids. It’s almost reassuring, then, to learn that through-hole ...

One of the easiest soldering projects to do as a beginner is to solder a resistor to an LED. You can technically put the ...

Soldering is an art. With practice, one can learn to easily assemble complex circuit boards with small-pitch SMD chips. Along the way, you learn several “tricks of the trade”: techniques that are not ...

I’ve been soldering for a long time, and I take pride in my abilities. I won’t say that I’m the best solder-slinger around, but I’m pretty good at this essential shop skill — at least for through-hole ...

Common inverter construction today features large Through-The-Hole (TTH) components along with smaller SMD devices on one side of the PCB, with the power module mounted on the other side and connected ...