Reflow hotplates are a wonderful tool for PCB assembly if you can keep your designs single-sided. The 946C hotplate in particular has been on hackers’ radar for a while – a 200x200mm working surface ...

Vacuum reflow soldering technology, although limited in adoption, is emerging as a key focus in high-reliability electronics.

A new 16-zone reflow oven configuration by Kurtz Ersa  is positioning itself as a high-performance option for electronics ...

With reflow soldering, sometimes close is good enough. At the end of the day, the home gamer really just needs a hot plate or an old toaster oven and a calibrated Mark I eyeball to get decent results.

In recent years, 3D printing has helped transform the face of manufacturing, leading some to call the technology a sign of the Third Industrial Revolution. Consumer-level printers are capable of ...