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While not usually meant for carrying high-speed signals, there are optical isolators[0] that are used to communicate between circuits that are not connected ele
by rcfox 12y ago
While not usually meant for carrying high-speed signals, there are optical isolators[0] that are used to communicate between circuits that are not connected electrically.
I'd guess that fiber optics is only a net win over large enough distances that you make up the latency from converting electrics signals to optical and back.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opto-isolator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opto-isolator
- raverbashing 12y agoThese are most for electrical insulation, not high speed (most probably aren't made for high speed) It's a whole different problem to have even a short distance connection go up to GHz speeds.