Questions tagged [optical-fibre]
A flexible, transparent, fine fibre made of extruded silica to function as a wave guide to transmitting signals through light
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Passing DisplayPort data through the data pins of an SFP transceiver [closed]
I am interested in directly passing data from DisplayPort data pins to SFP+ data pins.
I want to build my own DisplayPort over fiber adapter.
Do I need a microcontroller or can I just connect the ...
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Unidirectional SFP - 1Gbe speed
This does my head in. My Google skills seem to fail me about searching for a unidirectional SFP optical module.
For a security application, I have two boxes. Each box (A & B) has a copper (1Gbe) ...
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How can I stop this part oscillating - HFBR-2555AFZ
hopefully I can pose this question well.
I have a fiberoptic communications circuit as part of a larger device which I designed which has worked really well with HFBR-2505AZ, but unfortunately I can ...
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How have fiber optic bandwidths improved over time? [closed]
I want to build a sense of how fiber optic transceiver technology has improved over time, and what relevant physical limits constrain it in the limit.
For instance, ChatGPT tells me that in 2010 ...
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What is the range of bandwidths between datacenters? [closed]
I am trying to estimate the typical bandwidth between data centres, especially in the context of high-load applications such as AI training.
My current approach is as follows:
Modern transceivers ...
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How do I attach several SMD LEDs to the same optic fiber?
I've got a PCB with five SMD LEDs in two groups (group PSU: 2 LEDs; group BAT: 3 LEDs), of which no more than one LED in each group is switched on:
Logic: ...
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Identification of fibre-to-LED circular connector (for car LED lights)
I have purchased some car LED lights for my vehicle, but the optic cable is too short. I need to buy some sort of extension and need to know what this piece on the right is called (see image below). I ...
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Laser communication system to transmit Audio
The audio in these two circuits is only transmitted when they are both connected to the same battery (Vcc), and only the laser control audio level not the transmitting process.
When I connect the ...
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How to connect optical fiber between a color sensor on PCB, and a display screen that is being tested?
Does anyone have an idea how you would connect a fiber cable to a TCS3430 color sensor IC that is soldered on a board? I've searched for connectors on the internet but none of them are for mounting on ...
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What is the tension member in IEC 61000-6-8:2020 Table 6?
In IEC 61000-6-8:2020 3.1.10, an optical fiber port is defined as port at which an optical fiber is connected to an equipment. In Table 6 – Requirements for conducted emissions, other wires ports, it ...
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What is the transfer function of electroabsorption modulators?
Can anyone give me a reference that I may find a closed-form formula for the output electric field (not power) in terms of the input small-signal electrical waveform (not input power) of an ...
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Optical SFP, continuous wave operation
I'm evaluating the suitability of optical SFP modules as a low cost continuous wave source. Is it possible to set optical SFP modules into a CW mode? Can this be done with off-the-shelf racks or is ...
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