A circuit board packaging technique in which the leads (pins) on the chips and components are soldered on top of the board. Boards can be made faster because surface mount technology (SMT) eliminates ...

ELMONT, N.Y. - With a newly automated system, Meridian Technologies, manufacturer of fiber optic communication systems, has nearly quadrupled its surface mount circuit board manufacturing production ...

Using an electric skillet to reflow surface mount circuit boards is a popular alternate use for those kitchen appliances. The real trick is monitoring and controlling the temperature. [Mechatronics ...

There are almost as many ways to reflow a surface-mount circuit board as there are hackers. Today, we add another method to the list. [Dasaki] converted a halogen floodlight into an SMT oven, and did ...

Bel Fuse-Circuit Protection has released the 0ZCN Series of surface mount resettable positive temperature coefficient (PTC) fuses. They are are solid state 2016 chip size fuses, with a faster ...