New OpenGear Fibre Transmission From Chromatec

To further expand its Chromatec range of openGear modules, Michael Stevens & Partners has introduced a range of cards to support fibre optic distribution.
These allow the transmission of HD (3Gb and 1.5Gb) and SD serial digital signals, with separate dual transmitter and receiver cards plus a single transmit/receive card. Depending on the card and laser wavelength chosen, signals can be carried up to 100km.
The range also includes 2-way and 4-way optical splitter/combiners, couplers and switches, plus multiplexer/de-multiplexer cards to combine two, five or nine laser wavelengths into one fibre and divide them at the destination.
To add even greater flexibility to the range, three further cards allow HD signals to be transmitted over SD using DIRAC PRO processing by NuMedia.
Mike Stevens, Managing Director of Michael Stevens & Partners, said: "The power of the openGear card format is the flexibility and efficiency that it offers system designers. By extending this into our range of Chromatec products, we can offer a growing selection of building blocks."
First set up in 1984, Michael Stevens & Partners (MS&P) specialises in audio and audio-for-video products for the professional markets.
openGear is an open standard terminal equipment platform initiated by Ross Video.
(KMcA)