Install Joist Hangers: Evenly arrange your joist hangers according your joist spacing along both the ledger board and the perimeter beam. Other attachment methods may be used, such as metal connectors ...

Putting crimp connectors on wires is one of the most tedious things you’ll do. It’s not easy, either, unless you have some practice. Before you start digging in to a pile of connectors ...

When reading about cool projects and products, it’s common to see wiring plugs labelled “JST connector.” This looks fine until we start getting hands-on and begin hacking things together.

I covered the tops of the beams and joists with joist tape to shed water and prevent ... Paslode’s new Positive Placement ...

Shown here is an example of a type of shear connector that causes the steel beam and the concrete slab to act as an integral unit. These are headed studs and the beam and slab make what is called a ...

Board to board connectors are used to connect printed circuit boards (PCB). Each terminal connects to a separate PCB. Board to board connectors connect PCBs without the use of wires. They are ...

Beam expanders are optical lens assemblies that are used to increase the diameter of a laser beam or other light beam. There are two types of products: Kepler and Galileo. Kepler beam expanders, or ...

Consider this: When was the last time you achieved something and did it 100% independently? How did you get your last job, client, referral, or recommendation? It’s likely that most successes ...

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).

Android's proprietary NFC software, called Beam, can be used as a secure way to make payments or transfer data between Android phones. However, be aware that not all Android devices can use Beam.

Perhaps a good title for this story is “a streetlight named you’re wired.” San Diego-based Beam Global has come up with a way to turn streetlights into charging stations for battery electric ...