Researchers at Iowa State University have produced novel micro-sized particles filled with liquid metal that retains its liquid state at room temperature and are able to meld with each other. The new ...

Droped ye ol switch yesterday. The good news is the L buttond decided to cushion the fall so there was no major damage. Bad news is it sacrificed the solder joint of the button in the process. I can ...

This is the most complex or detailed soldering I've done so far, the QFN20 package is very small but still not impossible to solder using conventional tools. In this video I make a functional circuit ...

Scientists have developed liquid-metal particles that can be used for heat-free soldering and other applications. Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and ...

Weller, the German soldering tools manufacturer, has a nice range of micro soldering irons (pencils) designated as the WMRP series. These are 12V, 40 W or 55W units with a 3 second heat up time, and ...

NXP Semiconductors’ PicoGate and MicroPak packages are approximately ten to fifteen times smaller than conventional SO14 packages, providing significant miniaturization in space-constrained ...

Keysight has launched its Keysight MX0100A InfiniiMax micro probe head – what it claims is the industry’s smallest solder-in probe head for high performance oscilloscopes, optimised for high-speed ...

AMES, Iowa - Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work in the world. His lab is dedicated to an idea called frugal innovation: "How do you do ...