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1 – 10 of 340Your computer may talk to other computers with light, over a glass data highway — fibre optic cabling. Since more and more personal computers and terminals are being connected to…
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Your computer may talk to other computers with light, over a glass data highway — fibre optic cabling. Since more and more personal computers and terminals are being connected to larger computer networks with light‐carrying fibre optics, you should know some of the do's and don'ts on how to use them and take care of them. Once you determine that your workstation uses pulses of light to communicate, you can do something to ensure that the light doesn't go out.
THE emergence of high speed military transmission systems, led to the adoption of a Data Bus system, whose parameters were defined by Mil‐Std‐1553B. Since its introduction several…
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THE emergence of high speed military transmission systems, led to the adoption of a Data Bus system, whose parameters were defined by Mil‐Std‐1553B. Since its introduction several years ago, it has developed into a fully matured standard, with a worldwide acceptance from Government bodies, armed forces and industry. This has meant that the large bundle of cables have been replaced by a single twisted pair of wires. The effect of this on the industry has been to reduce the number of connectors.
Bartlomiej Guzowski, Roman Gozdur, Mateusz Lakomski and Lukasz Bernacki
The purpose of this paper is to develop identification system for fiber optic connectors in passive distribution cabinets. The system should have alternative power supply and…
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The purpose of this paper is to develop identification system for fiber optic connectors in passive distribution cabinets. The system should have alternative power supply and wireless communication unlike the identification systems commercially available, which will make the system fully autonomous.
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Detailed project and realization of real demonstrator of fully autonomous identification system. After the realization of the demonstrator, its optimization was performed.
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It is possible to build fully autonomous identification system which requires 15.6 mJ energy to perform one cycle of identification process. Moreover, it is possible to use the alternative power method to supply this system.
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Fully autonomous identification system of fiber optic connectors with alternative power supply and wireless communication.
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The use of Fibre Optic data links has many advantages over copper wire — including intrinsic safety, high band width, security, weight, space saving and immunity to EMI, EMP…
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The use of Fibre Optic data links has many advantages over copper wire — including intrinsic safety, high band width, security, weight, space saving and immunity to EMI, EMP, lightning strike and crosstalk.
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Elzbieta Marszalec and Janusz Marszalec
Integration of lasers and fibre optics into robotic systems provides new opportunities in sensing and material processing. Increased productivity and application of robots in…
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Integration of lasers and fibre optics into robotic systems provides new opportunities in sensing and material processing. Increased productivity and application of robots in hostile environments are other possibilities.
The use of fibre optics for long haul telecommunication applications is well established in both systems design and extensive field installation trials. The main advantage of fibre…
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The use of fibre optics for long haul telecommunication applications is well established in both systems design and extensive field installation trials. The main advantage of fibre optics in this particular area are low loss and high transmission bandwidth capabilities.
G. Stewart, B. Culshaw, W. Johnstone, G. Whitenett, K. Atherton and A. McLean
Describes the author's work on the development of fibre sensors and networks for monitoring trace gases such as methane, acetylene, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen…
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Describes the author's work on the development of fibre sensors and networks for monitoring trace gases such as methane, acetylene, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide and for detection of spills of gasoline, diesel and organic solvents, all of which are important in environmental and safety management. As an example, a 45‐point fibre optic sensor network has been installed on a landfill site to assess the distribution of methane generation across the site. System operation is based on near‐IR absorption and is currently being extended to monitor other gases such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide. Concurrently, research is being conducted on fibre lasers for the realisation of multi‐point, multi‐gas monitoring systems. Based on other principles (periodic micro‐bending loss effects), detection of hydrocarbon fuel spills has been demonstrated at multiple locations along the length of a specially designed fibre optic cable using standard optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) measurements.
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