As a rather popular method, Surface-mount technology (SMT) consists of certain components being mounted on the surface of a printed circuit board, more commonly known as PCB. When compared to the older, through-hole technique, this method comes with a lot…
The printed circuit is made of epoxy resin or fiberglass , lined with a thin layer of copper on one or both sides and covered with a photo-sensitive varnish. The lacquer layer protects the copper is irradiated, by imagewise transfer…
In the old days, creating a PCB for DIY projects meant taking an empty board, doing manual masking, and then processing the board using chemicals to create traces and nodes. Before this process, DIY enthusiasts usually created a schematic on…
