At this point you’ve almost certainly seen one of these low-cost portable soldering irons, perhaps best exemplified by the TS100, a pocket-sized temperature controlled iron that can be had for as ...

A proper soldering iron is one of the fundamental tools that a good hacker needs. Preferably one that has a temperature control so it can handle different types of solder and connectors. Decent ...

Arduino doesn’t have the cultural cachet of its fellow single-board player Raspberry Pi, but it’s arguably more popular for ...

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/23886594 w=640&h=360] With Google’s Open Accessory Toolkit rolling up Android and Arduino together, there’s a lot of attention being ...

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, ...