by Jeff Zopff | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog
March 12, 2015 – Have you ever looked at a computer motherboard, seen mostly surface mounted components and wondered why the designers chose to use leaded electrolytic capacitors in their design? Well it comes down to area and cost. While the functionality of...
by Jeff Zopff | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog
January 16, 2015 – You may not know this, but the revolution of CFL (Compact Florescent Light) and LED lighting is driving one of the biggest reductions in electricity consumption the world has ever seen. A standard incandescent 40 watt light bulb uses 40 watts...
by Jeff Zopff | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog
October 16, 2014 – When I meet people in the electronics industry and tell them I am the Marketing Manager for through-hole products at Universal Instruments, they almost always say “You still sell those machines? I thought through-hole technology is DEAD”. I...
