Using a regular plunger style solder sucker is tedious at best, and usually not that effective. If you’re trying to salvage components off a PCB, sometimes it can take longer than it’s worth to do — ...

One of the first tools that is added to a toolbox when working on electronics, perhaps besides a multimeter, is a soldering iron. From there, soldering tools can be added as needed such as a hot air ...

I have been wanting to try a dc-dc converter experiment and decided to base it on an old development board I have lying around – but was stopped in my tracks by a thermal pad chip that didn’t want to ...