Active Optical Xtreme® (AOX™) is the newest small-form factor platform in the expanding frontier of Active Optical Cable technologies. Active Optical Cabling is a hybrid design technique that uses optical fiber and integrated transmitters and receivers “between the connectors”. This allows fiber optic cables in rugged environments to deliver the same electrical bandwidth found in a much larger number of copper cables.
Active Optical cable provides incredible value for machine vision and other intelligent sensing devices. The higher bandwidth, reduced weight and system footprint, extremely low data latency, and near immunity to electromagnetic interference will enable you to streamline system designs. You will also be able to shrink inventories and reduce supply chain risk while increasing system performance, capability, and value.
Benefits of Fiber Optic Cables for Rugged Environments
Hybrid active optical technology employs copper wire and fiber optics to deliver an all-in-one solution, built into a single cable. AOC cable benefits include:
- Reduced weight
- Higher bandwidth
- Lower power consumption
- Lower connectivity loss
- EMI/EMC immunity
- Highly ruggedized, superior data quality
- Technology supporting environmental sustainability within ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance standards)
With so many advantages, AOC makes its’ copper predecessors appear much more outdated and unsophisticated.
AOX is a highly customizable platform that allows fiber optic cables in rugged environments and simplifies systems. With AOX, power delivery beyond 150 Watts is possible all while being customizable up to 50+ meters. More than ever, the need for fast, reliable data, generated by powered devices in distant locations has become a major product advantage and necessity.
Active Optical Cables also convert electrical signals into optical signals for data and video transmission. It provides greater bandwidth and further reach than copper cables while also being thinner, faster, lighter and flexible. Designed to optimize power supply and data integrity at long distances, AOX uses small form factor connectors and ruggedized design principles to leverage the benefits of fiber optics across a very flexible and resilient spectrum of solutions.
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