...through the data cable. • Excess voltage • If the voltage potential is large enough, your equipment won’t be able to handle the excess voltage and one of your ports will be damaged. • You can’t test for ground loops. You don’t know you have o...

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...means the interconnect cable requires less board space. • Thinner cables • Serial ATA also uses thinner cables (no more than 6.3mm wide) that are available in longer lengths (up to 1 metre) as well as an improved connector design to reduce crosstal...

...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: • Fla...

...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...