Measuring attenuation in a fiber-optic cable is a vital ingredient to obtaining the maximum performance from a system designs. But, for designers, just starting to work in the fiber-optic design space ...

In a previous Broadcast Engineering article (“Understanding blocking capacitor effects,” August 2011), I mentioned that one of the first tasks in my broadcast engineer career was to work on optical-to ...

This multimeter integrates the function of the fiber optic power meter and fiber optic light source, it can be switched the function by choosing accordingly button on the device menu. In the past, ...

This is the type of crowd that’s famous for building their own test equipment. If you need a way to program a flash chip, don’t go out and buy one — you can just build one. Need a spectrum analyzer?

Waltham, Mass. – Fiber OWL Optical Power Meters from Extech Instruments measure over a wide 75-dB dynamic range with +0.15-dB accuracy and 0.01-dB resolution. The standard-power model, the FO600, ...

The dBCheck, a handheld power meter, monitors the output of fiber optic cables with ST-, FC- or SC-type connectors. Due to its small, lightweight construction, the meter can be stored in a pocket or ...