Stratos Lightwave Announces New Family of Bulkhead Media Converters
January 07 2005 - 4:16PM
PR Newswire (US)
Stratos Lightwave Announces New Family of Bulkhead Media Converters
CHICAGO, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stratos Lightwave LLC is
announcing a new family of Bulkhead Media Converters (BMCs) for
harsh environment applications. Housed completely within an
industry standard bulkhead connector, these media converters accept
a standard optical signal such as Fast Ethernet, and convert it to
an industry standard signal such as IEEE802.3u (100BT). These
devices handle both the optical-to-electrical and the full physical
layer (PHY) conversion. Stratos Bulkhead Media Converters decrease
the engineer's overall design burden by removing all
"inside-the-box" fiber management. BMC units greatly simplify the
incorporation of an optical interface into systems and equipment
for military, aerospace, outdoor digital video, petrochemical,
marine, or any harsh environment application that would benefit
from a fiber optic interface. Inside the box, any circuit board or
subsystem equipped with CAT5/RJ45 modular jack cabling is plugged
directly into the backshell of the BMC unit. On the outside, an
Expanded Beam fiber optic cable is plugged into the front. The
design engineer doesn't need to spend any time, effort, or
resources developing the optical interface as these units are
virtually plug-and-play. In addition, the integrated bulkhead
design eliminates virtually all packaging issues, resulting in a
compact, highly reliable optical interface suitable for the
harshest environments. This ease of design-in opens the door to
obtaining the benefits of fiber optics for systems and applications
thought to be too rugged for fiber optics, or for engineers
unfamiliar with designing the fiber interface themselves. Fiber
optic benefits include greater bandwidth over longer distances,
decreased susceptibility to EMI/RFI noise ingress, and an increased
level of security due to the difficulty of "eavesdropping" on the
optical signal. The Stratos Bulkhead Media Converter family
consists of a number of standard options, including Gigabit
Ethernet and Fast Ethernet media conversion using the standard
RJ-45 interface connection. Other variations include Ethernet MII
or GMII ribbon cable interfaces, and 1x/2x Fiber channel
transceivers with a ribbon cable interface on the electrical side.
All products feature Stratos' field-proven Expanded Beam optics for
a reliable, easy-to-clean, easy-to-mate optical interface designed
to resist water, mud, dust, oil, and high levels of shock and
vibration. Maximum optical link distance is 2km (1.2 miles) for
Fast Ethernet, and 550m (1800 feet) for Gigabit Ethernet. BMC units
are available for either 62.5/125 or 50/125 micron multi-mode
fiber, and can be equipped with one to four optical channels, in
various combinations of simplex and duplex configurations.
Operation is via a single +3.3V power source. The all-metal
bulkhead housing provides a watertight barrier to IP67 and MIL
standards. These units have an operating temperature range of -40
degrees C to +85 degrees C, and meet MIL-STD-810E for shock and
vibration. Immersion rating is 2 hours at 1 meter (MIL-STD-810E).
Stratos has decades of harsh-environment fiber optic experience,
and it is this level of expertise that makes possible such compact,
rugged, high- performance units. Pricing for the new Bulkhead Media
Converters varies according to the desired protocol, analog
interface, number of optical channels, and the quantity purchased.
To arrange for an immediate on-site demo, or to obtain additional
information, contact Steve Tebo at Stratos International, Inc.,
7444 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL USA 60706-4549. Phone: 800.323.6858
FAX: 708.867.4140 E-mail: URL: http://www.stratoslightwave.com/
Stratos Lightwave LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stratos
International, Inc. Stratos International, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLW)
produces electronic and optical subsystems and components for high
data rate networking and data storage in enterprise,
telecommunications, broadcast, military and industrial
applications. In the optical arena, Stratos produces optical
transceivers and integrated products in a variety of data rates and
communication protocols. Stratos also produces a wide range of
fiber optic, RF and microwave components and cable assemblies.
Stratos' Tsunami products are components and modules that separate,
combine, and route light, for high- bandwidth optical communication
applications. DATASOURCE: Stratos Lightwave LLC CONTACT: Steve Tebo
of Stratos International, Inc., +1-708-867-9600; or Wanda Arakaki
of Technically Speaking Marketing, +1-847-480-7787 Web site:
http://www.stratoslightwave.com/
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