The power jack on my wife's Gateway laptop is, well, jacked up. The power cord has to be at the right angle, with the right amount of tension, for the laptop to get any juice. The obvious ...

[Wayne] sent along this interesting read on circuit board repair. Even if you’re not uh, repairing, it’s interesting to get some ideas for modification techniques. Pictured is a DIP IC that’s been ...

In this article, power management is defined simply as the management of all power sources (including DC-DC Converter, LDOs, etc.) on the circuit board. Power management includes the following ...