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Surface Mounting Technologies (SMT) have dramatically changed modern-day manufacturing. Although customers and manufacturers have already identified a number of benefits, it seems that additional benefits surface every year. For example, compared to the more conventional through-hole design of circuit boards, engineers using Surface Mount Technology to mount components onto the surface of the board directly,...   Read more »

Designing and manufacturing surface mount assemblies requires a unique technology. Known as Surface Mount Technology, or SMT, this method is what engineers use to produce electronic circuits found in components placed or mounted directly onto the surface of printed circuit boards. Once completed, the product is known as a Surface Mount Device, or SMD. (more…)   Read more »

Printed circuit boards began as electrical connection systems, first developed during the 1850s. Initially, rods or strips made of metal connected large electric components on wooden bases. Eventually, wires connected to screw terminals replaced the metal strips, and metal chasses replaced the wooden bases. Then, due to increased operating needs for products using these boards,...   Read more »

The physical construction and pinout are what characterize the properties of electrical connectors. However, other factors are considered, including contact resistance, size, resistance to vibration, ruggedness, insulation between the pins, resistance to pressure, lifetime or number of operations before failing, reliability, resistance to contaminants such as entry of water, and the ease for connecting and...   Read more »

In today’s world of technology, you use a number of different electrical items daily. From the time you get out of bed until the time you go to sleep, your day involves pushing buttons. For example, you might put a cup of coffee in the microwave or make a smoothie in the blender. Although it...   Read more »