Product category: Optical Transceivers, Transponders and Repeaters
News Release from: Avago Technologies | Subject: AFBR-5978Z
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 March 2006
Transceiver upgrades speed for fieldbus
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An RoHS-compliant Fast Ethernet optical transceiver is optimised for the Profinet implementation of industrial Ethernet.
Avago Technologies has developed an RoHS-compliant Fast Ethernet optical transceiver optimised for the Profinet implementation of industrial Ethernet Avago's AFBR-5978Z is the industry's first industrial Fast Ethernet optical transceiver to incorporate digital diagnostic monitoring interface (DMI)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The DMI feature permits real-time monitoring of transceiver performance and system stability, even in cross-continent installations, resulting in higher factory network uptime.
Industrial Fast Ethernet represents an upgrade path for fieldbus networks, with a speed of up to 125Mbaud compared with 2Mbaud for Interbus, 12Mbaud for Profibus, and 12 and 16Mbaud for Sercos.
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Upgrading to industrial Fast Ethernet allows devices on the factory floor to be assigned IP or MAC addresses, enabling high-speed remote diagnostics and machine sequence changes via Internet access.
"Our industrial Fast Ethernet optical transceiver delivers exactly what customers need today: an upgrade path for fieldbus networks and lead-free modules with advanced remote diagnostics capability", said Adam Carter, Strategic Marketing Manager for Avago's Fibre Optic Products Division.
"As the dominant supplier of Ethernet fibre optic transceivers, customers look to us to consistently deliver products in volume with uncompromising quality and the shortest lead times".
Avago's AFBR-5978Z is a 650nm LED-based fibre optic transceiver that allows system designers to implement Fast Ethernet from 500Kbit/s to 125Mbit/s (with auto-negotiation between datarates) over standard bandwidth 0.5 NA (numerical aperture) 1mm plastic optical fibre (POF).
Using 1mm POF, the transceiver meets typical industrial Fast Ethernet requirements over link distances up to 50m.
With 200um HCS (hard clad silica) fibre, the transceiver module operates over 100m link distances.
The AFBR-5978Z transceiver features a -45 to +85C operating temperature range and operates from 3.3V to minimise power consumption.
It is housed in an RoHS-compliant lead-free SFF (small form factor) 2 x 6-pin package with a duplex SC-RJ connector.
In addition to its industrial Fast Ethernet compatibility, the AFBR-5987Z provides high-performance optical communication links across open-standard and proprietary networks for factory automation, medical equipment and datacommunications.
The Avago AFBR-5978Z transceiver is immediately available through Avago's direct sales channel and worldwide distribution partners. Request a free brochure from Avago Technologies ...
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