Your plant has several custom-built production machines that use various plug-in circuit boards. The standard practice has been to troubleshoot to the board level and then replace the entire board.

Once you’ve mastered this skill, you’ll find that it unlocks further interest and additional opportunities to explore electronic repairs ranging from simple to complex. How do electrical engineers ...

[Wayne] sent along this interesting read on circuit board repair. Even if you’re not uh, repairing, it’s interesting to get some ideas for modification techniques. Pictured is a DIP IC that’s been ...

The basic metallurgy of solder. How to make a solder joint. How to repair a circuit board. The vintageTEK museum is a geek’s paradise to tour if visiting the Portland, Oregon area. The museum has ...

is executive editor who has obsessed over headlines and internet speeds since 2011. He previously worked as an advocate for the National Park System. University of Illinois engineers have found a way ...

ALJ Electronics’ Carolyne Johnson at her circuit-board repair business in El Segundo. When her father died in 2009 after years of battling lymphoma, Carolyne Johnson thought she was prepared to handle ...