Looks like this is a dead end technology. Everyone has gone with HDMI. But really you don't need much to send a differential signal to a stepper driver Anything that can invert a 5V logic signal will work. The drivers don't want RS422 levels, just logic levels. and the receiver is built into the driver
But today deferential pairs are outperforming older fiber technology by orders of magnitude. toslink is dead easy to use but its s at least 30 years old. The best serial cables on the consumer mass market are going a few ten's a giga bits per second. On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Sunday 23 April 2017 10:03:21 dave wrote: > > > the foxcon stuff looks a bit pricey. However ... > > > > http://www.mouser.com/Toshiba/Optoelectronics/Fiber-Optics/Fiber-Optic > >-Transmitters-Receivers-Transceivers/TOSLINK/_/N-6qrgo?P=1z0zkx4Z1ybqc2 > >q > > > > It actually looks affordable including cables. 10 Mb/s but that should > > handle anything linuxcnc needs. 10' simplex cables for a couple of $. > > > > https://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=2669&gclid=Cj0KEQjwofHHBRDS0Pnh > >pef89ucBEiQASEp6LIW3Tu9rI-YsCuV7XvPZJEDJ4M80OU09A9vYGSpppjMaAjjx8P8HAQ > > > > Dave > > Only 2 transmitter modules stocked at well over a 10 dollar bill each. > No receiver modules are stocked at any price. All hat, no cattle. > > That is a good enough price on ready-made cables if I wanted to do it > with to$link. But the above hardware pricing is not a viable choice > when you need lots of them. I have no intention of spending north of > $600 for 10 fiber links. > > Good info Dave, thanks. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
