These days, if you want to build something with modern chips and components, you probably want a custom PCB. It lets you ...

Components that can be soldered directly to a board rather than having to be pushed through a hole. is used to place electrical components on top of circuit boards.

On a circuit board, discrete components are intermingled with the chips, and there is hardly any electronic product that does not have at least a few discrete resistors or capacitors. See also ...