On 04/23/2017 12:44 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > 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. >> So what you really need ??? is inexpensive Rx and Tx and then plastic fiber plus an epoxy to bond the two with low losses into a usable static configuration. Eh?
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