February 3rd, 2012 Possible Electronic Manufacture In A War Zone
It’s not just video games and consoles that use electronics and the PCB. Advancements in electronic manufacture has been utilised with a view to helping troops that stationed in warzones. It has been reported that small robotic nano quadrotors, that are small miniature helicopters are being developed and this will revolutionise warfare. The small [...]
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January 20th, 2012 Video Game Controllers Dismantled
Have you ever been playing a video game and wondered how pressing a button on the controller in your hand can make the character on screen perform a certain action? Whether it’s the 16 bit glory days of the Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo (SNES) or the advanced powerful machines of today such as [...]
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December 9th, 2011 PCBTrain Fast PCB turnaround
Did you know about PCBTrain’s 1 day express turnaround service? If you are fast in need of printed circuits then we offer a service for the prototyping of PCBs that can be shipped by the following day of your order being placed. There are of course certain limitations placed on this service which are detailed [...]
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November 21st, 2011 Removing and Recycling PCBs
Since printed circuit boards (PCBs) are found in almost every single electronic device, from a DVD player or digital camera to video game consoles and the latest electronic toys, there are many PCBs out there. Although many of these items are simply binned, parts from them can all be recycled and used in various other [...]
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September 14th, 2011 PCB Train’s Top Movie Robots
Printed circuit boards are used in just about every electronic appliance that you have in your home such as computers, TVs, digital clocks, microwaves and mobile phones. Since technology is always being improved, printed circuits will evolve even further in the future. Because of this and the fact that it’s a Friday, we thought we’d take [...]
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August 26th, 2011 The Printed Circuit
For a Friday afternoon we thought we would do a nice easy blog to simply talk about a printed circuit and what it is. A printed circuit is an electrical device in which the wiring and certain parts are positioned in a predetermined pattern and includes a thin coat of electrically conductive material [...]
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July 27th, 2011 The Printed Circuit Board Shoe!
Do you remember the printed circuit board car that we blogged about at the end of last year? Well here at PCB Train we have found something as equally cool/geeky. Ladies and gentlemen we present to you the printed circuit board shoe! That’s right for the ultimate in geek fashion you can walk [...]
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June 7th, 2011 Printed & Integrated circuits
Ever wonder what goes into the making of your new gadget? Electronic circuits are composed of individual transistors formed with resistors and diodes on a piece of silicon. The individual components are commonly connected using aluminum “wires” on the chip’s surface. This process results in the formation of IC, or integrated circuits. These ICs contain [...]
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June 1st, 2011 Integrated circuits
An integrated circuits is one, great step up from a printed circuit, have played a large role in the development of all the technological wonders that populate the world today. But what is an integrated circuit? How does it apply to you? How has their development changed your life? To answer these questions, we must [...]
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May 19th, 2011 Clever timing
The clever fellows over at WyoInnovation have knocked up an innovative new way of telling the time using an Arduino unit and a little electronicsl know-how. Aptly dubbed – “The WORDuino”. We’re pretty sure this nifty little clock should win some sort of design award! A wonderful word-based [...]
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