We think it’s pretty safe to assume that most of the electrical connections our readers are making out there involve solder or solder paste. But we’ve all made a crimp connection or two in our ...

Many years ago, before PCBs and high pin count, non-dual-inline package (DIP) ICs took over the world, I encountered “wire wrap” as a technique for doing interconnects on both prototypes and even ...

An early method of wiring circuit boards to each other. The boards were plugged into a backplane that contained metal prongs, which were wired together using a special tool. The tool stripped the end ...

Tutorial wire crown ring - wire wrap jewelry making As a women, When I was little I liked dolls, I used to make dolls with my ...

Back in the 70s when I started getting interested in electronics, tons of magazines catered to the hobbyist market. Popular Electronics was my favorite, and I think I remember the advertisements more ...

In the 1980s, longtime nurse Naomi Janette Fron went to a jewelry show. A hobbyist, she already knew basics such as polishing rocks and simple jewelry making. But when the self-described rock hound ...

On my second job from college in the 1970s, I was working at a company that supplied bare PCB test systems. These systems were calibrated with a known-good board, then could test subsequent production ...