I recall the point I started taking electronics seriously, although excited, a sense of dread followed upon the thought of facing the two main obstacles faced by hobbyists and even professionals: ...

With the coming of very cheap blue laser diodes, PCB fabrication has become increasingly interesting. Instead of making a photoresist, placing it over a piece of pre-sensitized copper clad board, and ...

Through precise control of the etching process, a researcher in Oxford University’s Photofabrication Unit has made the reliable production of high resolution printed circuit board (PCBs), with ...

Building your own printed circuit board is an invaluable skill set in the arsenal of any self-serious electronics hobbyist or “hands-on” entrepreneur; it does not require any special sort of wizardry ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a tangle of wires, wishing there was an easier way to bring your electronics project to life? If you’ve dabbled in DIY electronics, you know that creating ...

After my DIY article “Build Your Own Headphone Amp” in the May 25 issue, the good folks at Radio World asked me to share the process by which I make printed circuit boards. There are usually two ...