Working on a breadboard, one can get used to the benefits of being able to readily plug and unplug jumper wires to reconfigure a project. One could only dream of doing so with PCBs, right? Wrong!

First, let's be clear that this method is not for those who feel squeamish about soldering on the PCB of a hard drive. That said, if you are willing, and have the right tools, this is a fool-proof ...

No matter how small you make your embedded projects, you still need a way to program the MCU. Standard programming headers can be annoyingly large for those very small projects. [Danny] wrote in to ...

We all like to standardise. But there doesn’t appear to be any pin number system defined for one of the most popular wire-to-board connector sets. Marking the PCB pin header isn’t so important, as the ...

TL;DR: Thermal Grizzly's new der8enchtable, co-designed by overclockers der8auer and elmor, enhances hardware testing with a durable aluminum frame, integrated PCB, and versatile cooling controls. It ...

My pal Wayne Yamaguchi told me about a connector system where the cable has little pogo pins and your PCB only needs pads on it for the pins to press against and a couple non-plated holes. The company ...