Many of us own soldering irons or soldering guns. In fact, I have two Weller soldering guns that have incandescent bulbs to illuminate the work area. But, these lights tend to shine on a wide area. My ...

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We’ve all seen plenty of impressive free-form soldering in these pages, maybe some of us have even had a go ourselves. Using nothing but bare conductors, electronic components, and solder, complex and ...

LEDs have outmatched incandescent bulbs in the aspect of operational time span. But one of the many reasons why some LED applications have short useful life is due to mishandling, such as improper ...

Learn the basics of soldering and electronics while building your own dual-sided LED art lamp in this hands-on workshop. Using a beginner-friendly DIY kit, students will assemble a touch-controlled ...

There’s a new challenger on the block for the title of the “Worlds Smallest 4x4x4 RGB LED Cube“. At 13x13x36 mm, [nqtronix]’s Cube Pendant is significantly smaller than [HariFun’s] version, which ...

The Vishay VLM series is a line of high-intensity SMD LEDs which are capable of undergoing lead (Pb)-free reflow soldering, and can serve as direct replacements for devices in Vishay's TLM series. The ...