Like many of us, I’ve been following the “return to the office” or “remain remote” debate. My place of work has settled into a hybrid situation. People physically runn
Author: Zero Gravity
VIA IN PAD REFRESHER
It’s a good time for a via-in-pad refresher. It’s not quite as hot a topic as it has been in the past, but it’s still a very important consideration. It’s always a bit contr
On-demand PCB Assembly and Electronics Manufacturing
What is on-demand manufacturing, and why is it so important these days? Well, to begin, on-demand manufacturing is about allowing you to work and prioritize based on your schedule, not ours, and to
A FEW DETAILS OF NOTE ABOUT SOLDER MASK
I’m going to oversimplify this, so my apologies to our colleagues over at Sunstone Circuits, but a PC board basically has four parts: metal, substrate, solder mask and silk screen. I mig
WEEKEND WISDOM AND YOUR WORKSPACE
Weekend Wisdom and Your Workspace, or: What do you have on your desk? I was involved in an interesting discussion the other day about workspace cleanliness. It seems there are about three main camp
GOOD KIT – BAD KIT FOR KITTED ASSEMBLY JOBS
Well over half of the projects we build here come in as turn-key orders, meaning we buy some or all of the parts and PC boards for the job. However, plenty of folks still do kit up their parts and
WEEKEND WISDOM – PROGNOSTICATION REVIEW
Ever have one of those: “oh, if I only knew…” moments? I just did. I read one of my predicting-the-future blog posts from December 2018. Let me quote the first paragraph:
CAUTION FROM THE PARTS DRAWER
My recent post, “Law of Conservation of Parts” spoke to the value held in the old parts drawer. However, there are a few cautions that need to go along with that encouragement. Some par
WEEKEND WISDOM – THE NEXT BIG THING
In the 1970s and ’80s, digital electronics was exploding just below the surface of public awareness. Early adopters were starting to use it, mainstream media was starting to report on it (usu