The Nintendo 3DS has recently seen a hardware revision which has seen the gaming console upgraded in size to the Nintendo 3DS XL. We’ve talked about different types of video games before with regards to the circuits inside so when we stumbled across this image from a recent Nintendo Q&A session on their website, we [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

An interesting episode of the TV series “How it’s made”, covering PC board manufacture.   Though a little outdated, it is still an incredibly informative video for those who are interested in how Printed Cicuit Boards are manufactured en masse     We hope you found this video absorbing! The PCB Train Team Tweet