Engineers frequently underestimate the time that electronics troubleshooting requires and often completely leave this step out of hardware-development schedules. Yet projects often hinge on getting ...

With large electronic development projects, a disproportionate amount of time is spent troubleshooting bugs in “finished” devices. In the worst cases, projects are wrapped up and products sold to ...

I don’t know how many times I actually wanted to smash a project. But if I did, I’d have to rebuild it. So, I never did that. I feel like I missed out on something cathartic for the soul. Chime in, I ...

Update: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act into law on Dec. 29, 2022. Chuck Bell, advocacy program director for Consumer Reports, says, “New York is leading the way on the ...

As the owner of a phone and laptop repair shop in San Diego, Tony Heupel says he often faces roadblocks. Products seem intentionally designed to be difficult to fix, he says, and it’s not always easy ...