First, let's be clear that this method is not for those who feel squeamish about soldering on the PCB of a hard drive. That said, if you are willing, and have the right tools, this is a fool-proof ...

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts looking for a quick way to add GPIO pins for prototyping that can be then easily removed once the project is finalised, are sure to be interested in a new PCB quick clip ...

My pal Wayne Yamaguchi told me about a connector system where the cable has little pogo pins and your PCB only needs pads on it for the pins to press against and a couple non-plated holes. The company ...

Mill-Max has introduced six new press-fit PCB pins that feature multi-faceted polygon geometries and are especially suitable for solderless PCB termination as well as direct soldering to the board.

No matter how small you make your embedded projects, you still need a way to program the MCU. Standard programming headers can be annoyingly large for those very small projects. [Danny] wrote in to ...

If you’re making a circuit that is designed to plug into a breadboard, you have a problem. Those 0.1″ header pins are square, and the metal leaf contacts inside a solderless breadboard will eventually ...