While it might be tempting to start soldering a circuit together once the design looks good on paper, experience tells us that it’s still good to test it out on a breadboard first to make sure ...

Although not a hack in itself, many of you may be interested in seeing how a printed circuit board is made in the manufacturing world. This tour of Advanced Circuits does a good job of explaining the ...

Tired of hunting short-circuits with a magnifying glass? This clever circuit makes locating a PCB short fast and frustration-free. Build a similar circuit to track down faults with ease. Tired of ...

Need interconnecting pieces of PCBs? Here's a tip: add small ridges along the slots on both pieces that are meant to be put together. When I ran the Boldport Club, I arranged a few community pub meets ...