WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003--Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT), the market leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design software, today announced it has established a ...

[Erich Styger] was bit by a nasty gotcha when soldering a QFN surface mount chip. The problem rears its ugly head when combining a chip possessing a padless conductor and a PCB without a solder mask.

Hey.<BR><BR>I just got the urge to swap out some keyboard LEDs...<BR>I grabbed an old keyboard and opened it up. It was pretty straight forward. The LED wires were soldered into the PCB. Since it was ...