A decade ago, communications in machines took place on a point-to-point basis. If you were building a multi-axis system, you would have to wire 15 wires per axis from the drive to the controller. If ...

Welcome to another post in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has over 15 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly. This week ...

Even if you bought new cables when you moved in, it's possible that you installed a mislabeled cable, claiming to provide Cat ...

When choosing the Ethernet technology that might best fit your industrial system, you first need to have some base information: • How many I/O points do you have? • How fast do you need the ...

Pop open an Ethernet cable. Inside you'll find those four twisted pairs: orange, green, blue, and brown. A solid-colored wire ...

I finally took your advice and went completely wired on my home network using a bunch of Ethernet cables I had lying around. Some are Cat5, and others are Cat5e. Is there a difference? Is one faster ...

Wireless networks may be convenient, but wired networks beat Wi-Fi in every other way. Wired networks are faster, they’re always reliable, and they’re secure. Unless you’re sitting on the couch with a ...