Timbercon Introduces the New QSFP/QSFP+ Passive Electrical Loopback
March 15 2012 - 11:13AM
Marketwired
Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing
company, announced today the availability of the QSFP/QSFP+ passive
electrical loopback. The electrical loopback is used for testing
QSFP/QSFP+ transceiver ports in board level test. Substituting the
electrical loopback for a full featured transceiver provides a more
cost effective, low cost alternative.
The electrical loopback is packaged in a standard MSA housing
compatible with all QSFP/QSFP+ ports. It features a customizable
memory map and allows operation at any power including the four (4)
maximum power levels identified in the MSA. Transmit data from the
host is electrically routed (internal to the loopback module) to
receive data outputs and back to the host. Because the electrical
loopback module does not contain laser diodes, photodiodes, laser
driver or transimpedance amplifier chips, it provides an economical
way to test QSFP/QSFP+ ports during R&D validation, production
testing and full system testing.
In addition to the electrical loopback function, the QSFP/QSFP+
provides an MSA standard 2-wire serial communication interface to
digital diagnostics and preloaded EEPROM two-page memory map. The
QSFP/QSFP+ Loopback also contains a two-colored LED indicator that
displays the operating status of the module. A solid green LED
illumination indicates the module is fully seated, operating in a
high power mode and the illumination of the amber LED signifies the
module is fully plugged in, operating in low power mode. When the
LED blinks green or amber, it signifies the module is deselected
and will not respond to the host commands until it is reselected
and the LED stops blinking.
"The QSFP/QSFP+ electrical loopback adds another solution for
test engineers in both manufacturing and development environments,"
said Mike Reiling, Key Account Manager. " The addition of the
QSFP/QSFP+ to our XFP, SFP and SFP+ electrical loopbacks has
strengthened our commitment to economical board testing as well as
full system testing using our Armadillo optical loopbacks."
About Timbercon, Inc. Founded in 1997,
Timbercon, Inc. is a fiber optic product and solution manufacturing
company providing a wide array of connectivity solutions to the
data storage, telecommunications, military, industrial, medical,
broadcast and networking industries. In addition to standard fiber
optic assemblies and attenuated loopbacks, Timbercon has pioneered
proprietary products, many of which are now considered to be an
industry benchmark. Additional company information can be found at
www.timbercon.com.
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