It’s been a while since we’ve had a fresh How-To on the Hack-A-Day, and frankly we’ve missed them. To get things rolling, [Eliot] and I wanted to build a good knowledge base to help you hack your own ...

Soldering is an important skill for anybody who wants to put together circuit boards, play around with Arduino setups, or work on almost any type of electrical project. When first beginning, however, ...

Learn the basics of soldering and circuit assembly by constructing a rotating LED Ferris wheel. This colorful project introduces key electronic components and soldering techniques, perfect for ...

Most, if not all, engineers know how to handle a soldering iron. But there are a few folks in the industry who want to know more about those wisps of smoke they sometimes see rising from our ...

In my latest Awesomely Interesting Electronic Projects for Beginners column, we added a small microphone breakout board (BOB) to our breadboard. As part of this, we had to solder a 3-pin header to our ...