Many of us own soldering irons or soldering guns. In fact, I have two Weller soldering guns that have incandescent bulbs to illuminate the work area. But, these lights tend to shine on a wide area. My ...

Mini LED chips can measure as small as 50μm × 100μm, with pad spacing as narrow as 5-50μm, demanding extreme precision in ...

LEDs have outmatched incandescent bulbs in the aspect of operational time span. But one of the many reasons why some LED applications have short useful life is due to mishandling, such as improper ...

There’s a new challenger on the block for the title of the “Worlds Smallest 4x4x4 RGB LED Cube“. At 13x13x36 mm, [nqtronix]’s Cube Pendant is significantly smaller than [HariFun’s] version, which ...

What takes eight hours to solder and uses more shrink tubing that you thought imaginable? An LED matrix installed in a real pumpkin. When I mentioned that we’d like the LED pumpkin in last Friday’s ...

The Vishay VLM series is a line of high-intensity SMD LEDs which are capable of undergoing lead (Pb)-free reflow soldering, and can serve as direct replacements for devices in Vishay's TLM series. The ...

Learn the basics of soldering and electronics while building your own dual-sided LED art lamp in this hands-on workshop. Using a beginner-friendly DIY kit, students will assemble a touch-controlled ...

Molex revealed further solder-free LED connectors for light fittings at the Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt, as well as board to board connectors for lighting, writes Steve Bush. Molex ...