INDUSTRY NEWS

• Reflex Photonics Demonstrates Its LightABLE Transceivers Can Drive Older 100 µM Fiber Optic Cables, Extending Aircraft Life and Reducing Upgrade Cost

  New or upgraded sensors and computer systems offer great benefits to existing military and commercial aircraft but often necessitate interconnect bandwidth of 10 Gbps or more. Unfortunately, replacing older 100 µm optical fibers in aircraft to support this higher bandwidth can be prohibitively expensive

• Transition Networks Expands Fiber-To-The-Desktop Solutions With Network Interface Cards Supporting M.2 Interface

  Transition Networks, Inc., a leading provider of innovative, high-value, data network integration solutions, today announced their new M.2 Fiber Network Interface Cards (NICs) ideal for use in small form factor PCs, such as micros, minis, and thin clients, that do not have space for external PCI or PCIe slots

• PureLink Introduces 18G Fiber Cable For 4K/UHD Applications

  PureLink, a global provider of advanced UHD video signal management solutions, announced today the availability of its new EZH2 Integrated Active Fiber Optic Cables, as part of its HDTools line of switchers, converters, amplifiers and extenders

• In A First For Wearable Optics, Researchers Develop Stretchy Fiber To Capture Body Motion

  The exciting applications of wearable sensors have sparked a tremendous amount of research and business investment in recent years.

• Fluke Process Instruments Enhances Endurance Series High-Temperature Ratio Pyrometers With Fiber-Optic Models

  Fluke Process Instruments announced the expansion of the Endurance Series high-temperature ratio infrared pyrometers to include a new, rugged noncontact fiber-optic (FO) measurement system with single and two-color models