...within a loose-tube cable. It can be a headache-inducing task if you don’t have the right tools. If you bend the cable or buffer tubes past their recommended bend radius, or if you allow them to kink, you’ll end up with substandard cable connect...

...long haul. Depending on cable type, FDDI networks can stretch up to 100 km in circumference. And FDDI speed can be improved. If the second ring is used as its own network, both rings can operate individually at speeds as fast as 200 Mbps. • This fea...

...required. Copper-wire cable can be video coax, miniature coax, or, most commonly, shielded twisted pair with a DB9 or HSSDC connector. Fibre choices include 62.5- or 50-µm multimode and 7- or 9-µm single-mode fibre, all with an SC connector. • Oth...

...high-fibre-count ribbon cable. It’s used in high-density fibre applications. • The MU connector resembles the larger SC connector. It uses a simple push-pull latching connection and is well suited for high-density applications. • Learn more: • Flat,...

...Uses “Thin“ coax cable (RG58A/U or RG58C/U). • The maximum length of one segment is 185 metres. • The maximum number of segments is five. • The maximum total length of all segments is 925 metres. • The minimum distance between T-connectors is...

...connectors. • USB 3.0 cable contains nine wires, four more than USB 2.0, which has one pair for data and one pair for power. USB 3.0 adds two more data pairs, for a total of eight plus a ground. These extra pairs enable USB 3.0 to support bidirect...

...by your DVD player or cable box, giving you a sharper image and truer colors. • To use the Component video built into your video devices, all you need is the right cable. A Component video cable has three color-coded BNC connections at each end. F...

Free Space Optics • Free Space Optics • Advantages of Free Space Optics • LaserLinks are capable of transmitting virtually any kind of digital information including data, voice and video. Thus they fit easily into a wide variety of application...

...way and needs special cable material and connectors. 10 Gigabit on RJ45 uses a line encoding scheme. • You may also find equipment with XENPAK modules. These module types are already phased out. Currently the XFP module type is the main standard f...

...mainly. • Cables that supports DDC transmission • Optimum resolutions and maximum resolutions as well as Gamma values part of this protocol. If a monitor is directly attached to a graphic adapter card the only concern is to have a conn...