TE Connectivity (TE), the Harrisburg, Pa.-based manufacturer of connectivity products, systems and sensors, today announced a line of virtual reality (VR) cable assemblies. According to company officials, the assemblies speed time to market and offer superior performance compared to other solutions in the market. These cable assemblies let VR vendors, service providers and other clients […]
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Stanford researchers build earthquake observatory with optical fibers
Thousands of miles of buried optical fibers crisscross California’s San Francisco Bay Area delivering high-speed internet and HD video to homes and businesses. Biondo Biondi, a professor of geophysics at Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, dreams of turning that dense network into an inexpensive “billion sensors” observatory for continuously monitoring and […]
CableLabs completes full-duplex DOCSIS specification
The number of connected devices and bandwidth-hungry online experiences are expected to increase exponentially in the next decade, according to Belal Hamzeh, VP of Research & Development, Wireless Technologies at CableLabs—the non-profit R&D consortium based in Louisville, Colo. With the continuous development of new applications that enable new experiences, such as augmented reality and virtual […]
De-skilling critical to successful high-speed internet
High-speed internet is becoming the fourth utility. But de-skilling is critical if U.S. targets are to be reached with minimum disruption, according to officials at Emtelle, a firm with headquarters in Hawick, Scotland. De-skilling of installation staff throughout the U.S. is absolutely critical if targets for mass deployment of optical fiber are to be achieved […]
L-com debuts high-flex HDMI cable assemblies
L-com Global Connectivity has released a new series of high-flex HDMI cables to address confined space A/V applications. L-com’s high flex HDMI cables were designed to address applications where routing an HDMI cable through tight spaces and around tight corners is required. Additionally, these new high flex HDMI cables can be used in applications where […]
R&M introduces patch, splice and splitter connection box
R&M, Milpitas, Calif., is launching a new generation of sturdy and flexible connection boxes for fiber optic networks. The Polaris-box 6 is used to supply single and multi-dwelling units, terraced houses and comparable building complexes with fiber optics. R&M is presenting the Polaris-box 6 for the first time in the U.S. at R&M’s booth 556 […]
HARTING launches fiber optic cable for extreme environments
Digitization is making inroads in tunnel drilling projects and mining. Given the harshness of these environments, the requirements are quite high. Large distances, together with the high bandwidths that are required, make fiber optic cable (FOC) the indispensable conductive medium for industrial Ethernet. HARTING has now developed an ideal solution for these tough tasks. However, […]
L-com launches new USB 2.0 and 3.0 cables with ferrite beads
L-com Global Connectivity has released a new line of USB cables with ferrite beads to suppress high frequency noise. L-com now offers both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 versions of USB cables with ferrite beads on each end of the cable assembly. Ferrite beads prevent interference from a connected device or to a connected device. […]
LightStack 8 ultra high-density plug-and-play system from Siemon
Siemon has expanded its existing line of Lighthouse advanced fiber cabling solutions with the LightStack 8 ultra high-density plug-and-play system for efficient, cost-effective support of current and future 8-fiber applications. Current 40 and 100 gigabit multimode fiber applications, as well as future 200 and 400 gigabit fiber applications, are based on 8 optical fibers with […]
AutomationDirect adds industrial Cat5e M12 Ethernet patch cables
AutomationDirect has released a new series of Ethernet cables for industrial communications applications. Ethernet is a multi-purpose communication protocol that has become the data standard for the industrial market. AutomationDirect offers several PLCs, HMIs and drives that support the Ethernet protocols for data distribution, software programming and configuration. The new high-flex, shielded M12 Ethernet CAT5E […]