AI Designed Your Prototype. Who Builds the Next Thousand?
AI is putting custom circuit boards within reach of more people than ever. For prototypes, go straight to PCBWay or OSH Park. When the design works and you need hundreds or thousands built and tested, that's where we come in.
SMT vs Through-Hole Assembly: Choosing the Right Process
Surface Mount Technology dominates modern electronics manufacturing, but through-hole assembly has not disappeared. Understanding the strengths and limitations...
Why We're Moving Our Connected Controllers from ESP32 to ESP32-C5
For the better part of a decade, the original ESP32 has been the workhorse behind our connected products. It gave us Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and enough compute to...
Conformal Coating: Protecting Electronics in Harsh Environments
Electronics designed for the real world face threats that never appear on a laboratory bench: humidity, salt spray, chemical exposure, condensation, dust, and...
PID Controllers Explained: How Smart Temperature Control Works
Turn on a basic heater, and the temperature overshoots. Turn it off, and the temperature drops below the setpoint. This oscillation is the fundamental problem...
From Prototype to Production: The Custom Electronics Journey
You have a working prototype. It sits on your bench, doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Now what? The journey from that single working unit to reliable...