Optical transceivers meet industrial demands

Avago Technologies today announced its industrial Fast Ethernet optical transceivers based on the AFBR-5978Z have been selected by Phoenix Contact and Siemens.

Avago Technologies today announced its industrial Fast Ethernet optical transceivers based on the AFBR-5978Z have been selected by Phoenix Contact and Siemens.

The AFBR-5978Z is the industry's only industrial Fast Ethernet optical transceiver to incorporate digital diagnostic monitoring interface (DMI).

The DMI feature permits real-time monitoring of transceiver performance and system stability, even in cross-continent installations, resulting in higher factory network uptime.

Because of its superior immunity characteristics from electrical "noise", plastic optical fibre (POF) is an attractive alternative to copper in industrial and automotive automated applications.

"fibre optic transmission has many advantages in the industrial field", said Roland Berg, Senior Research and Development Manager at Phoenix Contact, a market leader of industrial connection, automation, electronic interface and surge protection technologies.

"Avago has designed its high-speed optical transceiver with superior link distances and easy device integration".

"Additionally, the transceiver's optimised transmission diagnostics enable us to provide customers with a world-class product for industrial networking needs".

Industrial Fast Ethernet represents an upgrade path for Fieldbus networks and other proprietary Industrial networking protocols, with a speed of up to 125Mbaud compared with 2Mbaud for Interbus, 12Mbaud for Profibus, and 16Mbaud for Sercos.

It provides the open-architecture, multi-protocol interface that permits both standard and proprietary Fieldbuses to interoperate.

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 and VPN access.

Avago's AFBR-5978Z1 industrial Fast Ethernet transceiver is ideal for high-output factory automated production lines, automotive production lines and power generation/distribution market segments.

"Top-tier manufacturers like Phoenix Contact and Siemens require consistent, high-performing optical transceivers to transmit data at fast Ethernet speeds in various industrial applications", said Raymond Quek, General Manager of Avago's Industrial fibre Products Division.

"As the leading supplier of Ethernet fibre optic transceivers, customers can rely on Avago to deliver products in volume with uncompromising quality and the shortest lead times".

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