[Wayne] sent along this interesting read on circuit board repair. Even if you’re not uh, repairing, it’s interesting to get some ideas for modification techniques. Pictured is a DIP IC that’s been ...

It’s not uncommon in cheaper devices to find a ribbon cable soldered directly to the circuit board like the one pictured above. Using a connector would have been a much more resilient approach, but ...

FLIR Systems has published an application note that describes how their ETS320 thermal imaging camera is being used by Isomedia (Stuttgart, Germany) to investigate and speed-up the repair of assembled ...

Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Apple quietly announced the launch of a free repair program for the ...