He’s also done some R&D into 3D connectors for prototyping. Next up is putting your circuit on boards that are far from board-shaped. [FESTO]’s bionicANTs ant army is one such example.

Prior to integrated circuits, these electronic components were discrete devices soldered to each other on a printed circuit board. To learn how a digital circuit works, go to half adder and travel ...

A bare chip that is mounted directly onto the printed circuit board (PCB). After the wires are attached, a glob of epoxy or plastic is used to cover the chip and its connections. The tape ...

You hold in your hand a circuit board from a product you didn’t make ... and a schematic with every part you noted from the first step but no connected traces. Eric demonstrates how to use ...