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Would high speed optical work for connections that require regular unplugging? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK and
by Someone 3y ago
Would high speed optical work for connections that require regular unplugging?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADAT_Lightpipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADAT_Lightpipe are limited to about a megabyte/second, if I’m doing my math right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADI#Sampling_frequency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADI#Sampling_frequency gets higher, at around 12 megabytes/second. That still is at least a factor of 100 away from this cable.
I think that’s because it isn’t easy to make a plug that works reliably for a gigabytes per second fiber cable.
- lwkl 3y agoYou would need a new connector because dust can break the signal and a cable that needs a dust cap sounds like a horrible consumer product.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago3M is on the bleeding edge here: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/data-center-us/applications/interconnect-optical/ https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/data-center-us/applications/inte... used in ai data centers, probably years away from consumer adoption...