As hackers, we need some skill at deciphering mystery connectors. We’ll start here with a quick survey of the most popular types from JST. A simple two pin wire-to-wire connector is probably ...

[Danny] wrote in to tell us how we can save room on our PCB designs using special spring loaded connectors, rather than large headers. There are so many small embedded development systems ...

Centronics connectors are named after the printer that first used them and include two rows of flat contacts. Circular connectors are multi-pin connectors primarily ... They provide polarization ...

The reasoning comes down to the reliability of traditional 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors, which have no real issues with stability and temperatures. And with next-gen Intel and AMD cards ...

AMD and Intel are reportedly testing 16-pin power connectors on their next-gen gaming GPUs, meaning these new graphics cards could finally ditch the good old-fashioned 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power ...

A plug and socket for coaxial cable. RCA connectors are used for analog audio signals (see analog audio). They are also used for digital audio (see S/PDIF) and analog video (see composite video).

If you’re considering welcoming one of these wonderful dogs into your family, you might wonder if a male or female dog is a ...

The key role of the optical cross-connector (OXC) is to reconfigure the network at the fiber and wavelength level, for restoration or to accommodate change in traffic demand. The OXC plays a role in ...

Looking back on 2023, my second year as JST president, it was certainly an eventful one. The world was shaken by various sources of political, economic and environmental instability, and not least by ...

Looking back on 2023, my second year as JST president, it was certainly an eventful one. The world was shaken by various sources of political, economic and environmental instability, and not least by ...

While she didn’t outright say that a PlayStation 6 is in the works, we can assume that the company is already looking ahead at its next console. Nothing is set in stone, but it’s still fun to ...