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Differences between industrial switches and fiber optic transceivers

September 21 , 2022

The difference between an industrial switch and a fiber optic transceiver is that the fiber optic transceiver is actually a point-to-point industrial switch, which is just a photoelectric conversion device. It is only a method used to extend the transmission interval because the transmission interval is too long; An industrial switch is an Ethernet connection device for data exchange within the network. Industrial switches do not need to be point-to-point, but can be point-to-multipoint, with more interfaces than fiber optic transceivers.

Industrial switches differ from fiber optic transceivers in:

1. Industrial switch is a high-speed network transmission relay device, which uses optical fiber cable as the transmission medium. The advantages of optical fiber transmission are fast speed and strong anti-interference ability;

2. Optical fiber transceiver is an Ethernet transmission media conversion unit that exchanges short-spaced twisted-pair electrical signals and long-spaced optical signals, also known as photoelectric converters (Fiber Converter);

3. The industrial switch is to use the fiber channel with high transmission rate and the server network, 8-port industrial switch or the connection of the internal components of the SAN network, the entire storage network has a very wide bandwidth, which provides a guarantee for high-function data storage;

4. The optical fiber transceiver provides ultra-low latency data transmission, which is completely transparent to the network protocol. A dedicated ASIC chip is used to complete data wire-speed forwarding. Programmable ASIC integrates multiple functions into one chip, which has the advantages of simple design, high reliability, and low power consumption, which can enable devices to obtain higher functions and lower costs;

If the Ethernet network is too large and the transmission interval has exceeded the interval that the electrical signal can transmit, the electrical switch port of the Ethernet switch needs to perform photoelectric conversion, so you need to use an Ethernet fiber optic transceiver to extend your transmission interval. The electrical signal is converted into an optical signal for long-distance transmission.

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