Citrus CNC has created a personal open hardware PCB assembly machine aptly named the SimplePnP. Launched via the Crowd Supply website the project has raised over $28,000 and will soon come to the end ...

Robotic printed-circuit board (PCB) assembly is not a part of all factories yet, but it’s becoming more common. That is especially the case for companies that want to stay competitive and keep up with ...

The people behind the PocketNC heard you like CNC PCB mills, so they milled you a PCB mill out of PCB. They announced their surprising new open source hardware product, a pocket sized 3-axis CNC ...

At the heart of all modern electronics lies the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), a critical process that entails the mounting of various electronic components — resistors, capacitors, and ...

For years, the PCB manufacturing industry has needed a robust real-time, comprehensive shop-floor communication standard that would include detailed, bidirectional, machine-to-machine communication, ...

In the past, it is common for smaller companies and startups to hand solder small quantities of circuit boards in order to fine-tune their PCB designs. As things ramp up and production increased, it ...

Push-Lok printed-circuit-board standoffs eliminate offline swaging common with screw-machine standoffs. When seated, a preassembled drive pin secures Push-Lok standoffs to the chassis. The fastener ...