There’s no denying how useful surface mount technology is, and how enabling the ability to make really small circuits has become. It comes at a price, though; most of us probably know what it ...

Surface-mount components have a history going back to the 1960s, ... And look for videos, YouTube has a huge number of SMD soldering guides. But there is no substitute for practice.

Gull-Wing Surface Mounts These are examples of the common gull-wing style of leads on surface mount chips. The leads extend slightly out from the package, then down and out again.

The group's three-dimensional miniaturized optical surface-mounted devices (TRIMO-SMD) imitate the assembly techniques that were developed for the electronics industry 20 years ago. The method, which ...