A few years ago, I wrote a few columns titled Making A Thing. These columns were a tutorial of sorts for several different 3D modeling programs. This column wasn’t meant to be a complete guide to ...

A printed circuit board (PCB) mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic components using conductive tracks, pads and other features etched from copper sheets laminated onto a ...

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I am a true ‘do-it-yourselfer’. My father instilled in me at a young age that ‘you can do anything you set your mind to’ attitude. So when I heard that it ...

For a lot of reasons, home etching of PCBs is somewhat of a dying art. The main reason is the rise of quick-turn PCB fabrication services, of course; when you can send your Gerbers off and receive ...

In the modern electronics industry, devices are becoming smaller, faster, and more sophisticated than ever before. To meet ...