We got a whiff of MAKE's Daisy a while back, but now we've finally managed to get our hands on one of these open source MP3 player kits. Today we'll whip out our soldering iron and show you how things ...

While [William] may not know what he’s doing (his words, not ours!), at least he can SEE what he’s doing now with this awesome soldering iron light modification. And judging by the build quality, we’d ...

A fiber-coupled array of diode lasers can produce a high-quality gold-tin solder joint in just two seconds. Laser manufacturer Coherent, US, has developed a fiber-coupled, high-power diode laser ...

Groomed for industrial applications such as plastic welding and soldering that require bright power in a small, rugged package, the Pearl fiber-coupled diode laser series with nXLT single emitter ...

[Smells of Bikes] wanted to add laser etching to the list of tricks his home CNC setup is capable of. He has a diode which will work for the task, but he needed a driver that could be interfaced with ...