The process, by which conventional leaded components are soldered into a PCB, is known as the selective soldering process. Initially, the ‘hard-to-get’ areas of a circuit board were carried out by hand operators using the soldering iron. This process has now become a recognized design process in the PCB manufacturing industry. The process...




The future of mixed technology is all about smaller circuit boards with more complicated packaging. With the growing popularity of SMT technology, through-hole technology is taking up less real estate on a PCB assembly. But through-hole pins are still necessary for many boards, and they still need to be soldered. While the process...