Draka fibre portfolio upgraded with Cca and B2ca stranded loose tubes cables up to 432 fibres

Using all of Prysmian Group’s innovation, Draka now specifies up to 432 fibre B2ca compliant cables as part of its warranted Draka Universal Cabling (UC) System. To further enhance the practicality, the new N-series design is the first gel-filled non-metallic fibre cable suitable for internal and external applications. Gel filling is the recognised solution for water […]

A Blog on Radiall Q-MTitan™ Connectors

So you want a rugged Fibre Optic connector you can use in harsh environments and is super easy to use?  Well look no further than the Q-MTitan™ Connector System from Radiall! This is a great system because it is so easy to use and is designed to work in many applications including: Backplanes Aerospace Mill […]

Active Optical Connectors from Hirose

Most of the optical connectors people are familiar with are the usual ones found on networking cables such as LC, ST & SC to name but a few.   Rarely do we think about the connectors that transport the optical signal to the device PCB. This week I am going to showcase the BF4MC connector series […]

NEW! Traceable Fiber Optic Patch Cords From Amphenol

Here is a product that will light up your day! Anyone that has had to trace cables in patching bays will know the pain of trying to identify where the cables are patched if they are not labelled wich is nearly always the case! Enter Amphenol’s Traceable Fiber Optic Patch Cords an easy way to […]

A Blog on Fibre Optic Termination Types

In today’s high-speed networks fibre optics is increasing becoming a major player in new and upgraded networking infrastructures.   In addition to this we are also seeing the adoption of fibre into electronics.   In previous blog (http://nicab.co.uk/a-blog-on-expanded-beam-fibre-optics/) I discuss how expanded beam fibre is becoming very popular in high end harsh environment devices. This week I […]

A Quick Guide to SFP’s

For many people the world of mall form-factor pluggable transceiver’s, or SFP’s as they are more commonly known, can be baffling.  This simple guide will take you through the different types to help explain their differences and all you need to know. An SFP interface is widely used in computer networks and provides the devices […]

A Blog On Expanded Beam Fibre Optics

Many of you may be familiar with traditional networking fibre optics but you may not be so familiar with Expanded Beam Technology. This week I want to introduce you to a powerful system originally designed for use in harsh environments but can easily be adopted for traditional networking and OEM Product design where copper based […]

Intel & Apple join forces to produce the Thunderbolt Optical Cable

It seems that right now thunderbolt and USB Type-C connectors are all over the electronics industry and seem to becoming the connector of choice for many PC & Tablet Manufacturers. As first reported in thunderbolttechnology.net Optical cables for Thunderbolt ports that enable faster data transfers over longer distances on computers such as Apple’s Macintosh will […]

A New Guide: MPO Fibre Connectors

One of the most useful innovations in the use of fibre optics for datacoms has to be MPO (Multi-fibre Push On) and this week I will be introducing you to this great and largely under used system. If you are not familiar with MPO fibre, it is a connector for cables with four to twenty-four […]

A Blog on OM4 Fibre Optic Cable

  A question I am being asked more and more is, “what is the difference between OM3 & OM4 Fibre Optic Cable?” Owing to the fact that we all just can’t get enough of the internet, love to watch films online and enjoy all other bandwidth-hungry applications, technology must evolve to keep up with our […]

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