Communications Specialties
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Bringing fiber optics to electronic components
Fiber optics increased the speed and quantity of information that can be transmitted through the Internet by transforming electrical signals into pulsating light. The same can be done within laptops and other devices by using organic materials containing chromophore as an active compound, according to a materials chemist. Components made from this organic material can provide a larger bandwidth and draw less power.
The 4 Most Important Parts of a Spectrometer
Spectrometers are like any other complicated mechanical equipment. Regular maintenance and repair extends the life of a spectrometer, but the equipment is not going to last forever. While your spectrometer isn’t going to work forever, you can make it last a lot longer by taking care of the four most critical pieces: The source The read out system There are other smaller parts, but you can schedule maintenance around these main four parts, and include the other smaller parts when you are doing…
How to Reduce Distracting Background Noise
How to Reduce Distracting Background Noise
Just the Facts: The How-To of Buying a Professional Corded Headset for Traditional Desk Phones
Just the Facts: The How-To of Buying a Professional Corded Headset for Traditional Desk Phones
Food Information That’s Pro Market and Pro Consumer
By: Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Information about how healthy our food is gives us the chance to make better choices about our diets. This same information also inspires competition among producers to formulate food in ways that make it more healthful. These core principles are at the heart of FDA’s recent initiative to expand opportunities for food manufacturers to make voluntary claims on food products about the…
Data center
An operation engineer overseeing a network operations control room of a data center A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems . It generally includes redundant[ clarification needed ] or backup power supplies , redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g. air conditioning, fire suppression) and various security devices. A large data center is…
'Photonic transistor' switches light signals instead of electronic signals
Electronic transistors, which act as miniature switches for controlling the flow of electrical current, underpin modern-day microelectronics and computers. State-of-the-art microprocessor chips contain several billion transistors that switch signals flowing in electrical wires and interconnects. With increasing data-processing speeds and shrinking chip sizes, however, wires and interconnects waste considerable energy as heat.
Find faults in fiber
So you've replaced your copper cables with fiber optics, but now you're having problems. In this Daily Drill Down, Brien Posey shows how to troubleshoot faults in fiber optic cables, including questions to ask to narrow down possible causes.
