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The utilization of fiber optic technology for industrial automation networking and process control has become increasingly popular over the past decade. A basic fiber optic system, using an optical transceiver circuit and fiber optic media, offers a wide array of benefits that are not available with traditional copper conductors. These include:
- Sustained high data rate and wide bandwidth independent of Environment or Distance
- Non Conductive, Radiating, or Self Heating
- Immunity to EMI/RFI and lightning damage
- No ground loops
- May share conduit, even High Voltage conduit
- Low attenuation
- Longer distances between repeaters, terminals, and hosts, measured in miles
- Small / light weight cable
- Ideal for hazardous area applications
- No electric shock hazard
- Secure communications
- Flexible networking topologies
- Corrosion resistant
- Longer life expectancy than copper or coaxial cable
- Economical total system cost
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