[Tom] doesn’t much like breadboarding. He prefers to wire up prototypes with perfboard and solder point-to-point with enameled magnet wire. That may sound troublesome to some of you, but [Tom ...

Both of them use a piece of wire and, in a way, extend the reach of your soldering iron’s tip. Copper wire would work better because of superior thermal conductivity, but other types of solid ...

and soldering wire. Basically, it has everything you need to get started soldering and desoldering. A digital display allows users to dial in the exact temperature for the type of work.

This bonding metal, usually tin and lead, is called "solder." It comes as wire on a spool, heated to its melting point by an ...

Under some circumstances, we may return several hours (…or several days… or several weeks…) later and find that the weight has gradually stretched the wire. To demonstrate creep behavior at room ...