The importance of SMT in PCB manufacturing. How SMT can be beneficial for PCB manufacturers. Have you opened an electronic device and found some small component networks? You see pieces of different ...

Should folks building small numbers of circuit boards use surface-mount parts, or should they stick with through-hole components that are so much easier to handle and solder (not to mention see)?

Let’s face it friends, everything is moving toward surface mount components. We’ve seen quite a few features here that cover using stencils to populate boards and using ovens to reflow. [Oleg] has put ...

The TDD Series surface mount jumper DIP switches from C&K components are sealed with a removable top tape to enable them to be used in reflow soldering and washable assembly processes. The TDD Series ...

Ironwood Electronics has introduced a new near-device-footprint surface-mount (SMT) elastomer socket designed for BGA264 ...

AVX Corp.'s PulseCap Series capacitors featurethe 'undertab' termination style, where traditional 'J' leads are replaced byterminations that do not protrude outside of the outline of the case. The ...

IPC–Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced the IPC-7351 Generic Requirements for Surface Mount Design and Land Pattern Standard, which is the successor to IPC-SM-782A. Like its ...

Taiwan Semiconductor introduces new automotive-grade 24V SUPER CLAMP snapback TVS devices in compact SMC and SMB surface-mount packages.