Creating a circuit board to fit a specific enclosure can be a challenge even though vendors are often providing drawings with the recommended board dimensions.  Many enclosures use boards shaped...

SMT Prototype Board Compendium Many chips are only available in surface mount (SMT) packages and they are getting ever smaller as the drive towards miniaturization continues.  This makes it tough...

I saw reference to the Color Maximite single board computer in Circuit Cellar Magazine and am impressed enough to share it here.  Like desktop computers of old, it has a Basic interpreter built...

People often despair at me for constantly raving on about how great Microchip PIC microcontrollers are, and how much better than everyone else they are. While I completely agree that each microcontroller...

What's actually inside an SD card?  I'll bet you've wondered that, but never actually got round to finding out? I'm sure you've all seen the insides of a USB memory stick - a bunch of chips on a...