Check out the products, systems and projects that earned honors in CI&M’s 2019 Cabling Innovators Awards program.
CABLING INNOVATORS SPOTLIGHT
Prysmian Group drops out of Light + Building 2020 after Coronavirus risk assessment
Prysmian Group has cancelled its participation in the Light + Building 2020 trade show, held in Frankfurt, Germany from Mar. 8-13, due to the growing public health risks posed by the Coronavirus.
Charting Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak’s impact on the global high-tech industry
TrendForce notes that the largest concentration of the fiber optics supply chain can be found in China’s Wuhan province, home to Fiberhome, YOFC, and Accelink, among other companies, which together comprise 25% of global optical fiber production capacity. The following analysis shows the results of Taiwan-based TrendForce’s investigations of key component and other downstream high technology industries, under the impact of the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, with the latest data as of February 14, 2020.
Difference Between Single-Mode and Multi-Mode Fiber Cabling
Fiber Optic cabling comes in two basic modes, Single-Mode and Multi-mode. While both modes have different characteristics and serve different purposes, their structural makeup is still the same; an inner core made of purified silica glass, an outer glass known as cladding, and protection by buffer or jacket. For those designing industrial networking systems, a thorough understanding of the differences between single-mode and multimode fiber cabling is vital.
Multi-core optical fibers in FTTH/FTTA/FTTS solutions supporting IoT
The paper presents a comparative classification of reference models used in IoT technology. Examples of the construction of cores used in telecommunications silica-fibers are presented. Exemplary simulation models of SM-MCF and FM-MCF modal structures has been presented. Attention was paid to the need to construct MCFs, which can be used in local access networks as well as in distribution and indoor networks.
Dirty rotten cable fails: Photos
CI&M has again published its round up of the most offputting structured cabling fiascos, as found on job sites and posted in photos to social media via Reddit’s ‘Cablefail’ and ‘Cablegore’ sub-communities. It’s hard to believe some of these are out there.
FOA Fiber U Lesson Plan: Basic Fiber Optics Skills Lab
Can You Learn Fiber Optic Skills Online? If you have your own tools and components and like to learn on your own, you probably can. The Fiber U “Basic Skills Lab” has lessons for learning cable preparation, splicing, termination and testing. Just download the new workbook sections on each topic along with the VHO “virtual hands-on” tutorials, and you are ready to practice with your own equipment.
Webinar: Data Center Network and Optics Strategies
This webcast begins with a look at the evolving state of data center optics. It examines such questions as what’s unique about data center requirements, why systems vendors are entering the transceiver space as traditional suppliers are leaving it, what role coherent may play and where, and whether data center optics development has become too expensive to encourage potentially innovative newcomers? Panelists will then address how data center networking is affecting optical connectivity requirements and will review the mass adoption of LC and MPO connectors, new technology for 400 Gigabit Ethernet requirements as well as what the future might hold for such applications as connecting fiber to Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and coupling for co-packaged optics as well as other emerging applications.
Best Practice Cleaning MPO/MTP Connectors
This video discusses best practices for cleaning MPO connectors.
Yanbu Industrial City: A Smart City Emerges in the Oil Kingdom —
Saudi Arabia announced its new transformation program called ‘Vision 2030’ in April 2016. This ambitious yet achievable blueprint has clarified the goals of developing cities, achieving environmental sustainability, improving digital infrastructures, and expanding the variety of digital services.
