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Tutorials from POF World 2000: Applications of Plastic Optical Fibers June 19-21, 2000, San Jose Convention Center, CA To order any of the tutorials, check the box in front of your selection and click order button at bottom of each section. Tutorial #1 - POF Industry Overview After several years of slow growth, there is a renewed interest in the plastic optical fiber market due to the development of graded index POF. New market opportunities have begun to open up in high-speed LANs, ATM and building wiring. This tutorial will review the latest developments in graded index POF and forecast the potential market opportunities. This course will form the basic background for anyone involved in the design, specification, test, installation, marketing and use of POF for wiring and LANs, including installers, designers and potential manufacturers.---Instructor: Paul Polishuk, IGI Consulting - $195 Tutorial #2 - POF and 1394 One of the most important markets for Plastic Optical Fiber is the interconnection of digital PCs, consumer electronics, and audio-video equipment. The IEEE has developed the 1394 standard which has been approved for speeds up to 400 Mbps and 1394 B is about to be approved for speeds up to 3.2 Gigabits per second. This tutorial will describe 1394, status and standards, applications and role of POF.---Instructor: Colin Whitby-Strevens Zayante Inc. - $195 Tutorial #3 - ResidentialNetwork Technology This course provides a concise technical and market overview of the rapidly changing and emerging field of residential networks. It provides a technical overview of existing and emerging home network technologies, infrastructure wiring strategies including the use of fiber in the home, new bandwidth demands and residential gateway issues. The course also covers the quickly changing wide area network service industry and how it is influencing push for residential infrastructure changes.---Instructor: Grayson Evans, The Training Department - $195 Tutorial #4 - POF for Signs and Illumination This tutorial will review all the technical and business applications of using POF for sign and illumination. A wide range of practical applications will be provided: Overview of the advantage of POF for signage and lighting applications, Detailed descriptions of project installations for lighting applications, Market channels: Areas for future POF sales growth and development, Detailed descriptions of project installations for signage applications, Specifications: Communicating POF technology to architects, contractors and engineers --- Instructor: Kevin Potucek, Pac Fab and John Audette, Special "T" Lighting - $195 Tutorial #5 - Designing with POF Plastic optical fibers and low cost optoelectronic components have been routinely deployed in numerous short distance system applications as an equal-cost alternative to copper wire. Designers are choosing to embed low-cost fiber-optic solutions in place of copper wire because optical communication links can be used in systems with different ground potentials, and optical datacom links provide improved noise immunity. In addition to improving data integrity fiber-optic communication links are less susceptible to damage from lightning strikes than copper wire when used in harsh industrial, medical and telecom applications. Despite all of these advantages many system designers are not familiar with fiber-optic communication technology, so one of the objectives of this tutorial is to point designers to the proven low-cost plastic optical fiber (POF) data-communication solutions that are described in Agilent's Fiber-Optic Components Cookbook. Additional system design considerations that are not described in the Agilent Cookbook will also be introduced during this tutorial. --- Instructor: Jim Prettyleaf, Agilent - $195 Tutorial #6 - Infrastructure Cabling This course covers both the technical and market issues of home infrastructure cabling, including the current infrastructure cabling industry, products and installation practices, with an emphasis on the role of glass and plastic fiber. The course looks at residential infrastructure requirements driven by the computer, A/V, home automation industries and the most likely cable architecture to meet each requirement. The course also covers the growing residential custom installation industry and its influence on infrastructure wiring. --- Instructor: Grayson Evans, The Training Department - $195 Conference Proceedings POF World 2000: Applications of Plastic Optical Fibers June 19-21, 2000, San Jose Convention Center, CA - $195 Tutorials for POF World'99: Marketing POF June 28-30, 1999, San Jose Convention Center, CA To order any of the tutorials, check the box in front of your selection and click order button at bottom of each section. Tutorial 1: Plastic Optical Fiber: Industry Overview After several years of slow growth, there is a renewed interest in the plastic optical fiber market due to the development of graded index POF. New market opportunities have begun to open up in high-speed LANs, ATM and building wiring. This tutorial will review the latest developments in graded index POF and forecast the potential market opportunities. - $195 Tutorial 2: POF for Signs and Illumination This tutorial will review all the technical and business applications of using POF for sign and illumination. A wide range of practical applications will be provided. - $195 Tutorial 3: Residential Network Technology This course provides a concise technical and market overview of the rapidly changing and emerging field of residential networks. It provides a technical overview of existing and emerging home network technologies, infrastructure wiring strategies including the use of fiber in the home, new bandwidth demands and residential gateway issues. The course also covers the quickly changing wide area network service industry and how it is influencing push for residential infrastructure changes. - $195 Tutorial 4: POF and 1394 One of the most important markets for Plastic Optic Fibers is the interconnection of digital PCs, consumer electronics and audio/video equipment. The IEEE has developed the 1394 standard which has been approved for speeds up to 400Mbps and 1394 is about to be approved for speeds up to 3.2 Gbps. This tutorial will describe 1394, status of standards, applications and role of POF. - $195 Tutorial 5: Design of Plastic Optical Fibre Links and Networks Recent developments in active and passive POF components have opened new opportunities for design engineers. This tutorial will provide technical details for designing POF links for home and small office-home office environments. - $195 Tutorial 6: Residential Infrastructure Cabling This course covers both the technical and market issues of home infrastructure cabling, including the current infrastructure cabling industry, products and installation practices, with an emphasis on the role of glass and plastic fiber. The course looks at residential infrastructure requirements driven by the computer, A/V, home automation industries and the most likely cable architecture to meet each requirement. The course also covers the growing residential custom installation industry and its influence on infrastructure wiring. - $195 Conference Proceedings POF World'99: Marketing POF June 28-30, 1999, San Jose Convention Center, CA This 153-page conference proceeding contains all the papers presented at the POF World'99 and is best thing you can buy to learn about the fast-changing Plastic Optical Fibers market! - $195
Tutorial #1 - POF Industry Overview After several years of slow growth, there is a renewed interest in the plastic optical fiber market due to the development of graded index POF. New market opportunities have begun to open up in high-speed LANs, ATM and building wiring. This tutorial will review the latest developments in graded index POF and forecast the potential market opportunities. This course will form the basic background for anyone involved in the design, specification, test, installation, marketing and use of POF for wiring and LANs, including installers, designers and potential manufacturers.---Instructor: Paul Polishuk, IGI Consulting - $195 Tutorial #2 - POF and 1394 One of the most important markets for Plastic Optical Fiber is the interconnection of digital PCs, consumer electronics, and audio-video equipment. The IEEE has developed the 1394 standard which has been approved for speeds up to 400 Mbps and 1394 B is about to be approved for speeds up to 3.2 Gigabits per second. This tutorial will describe 1394, status and standards, applications and role of POF.---Instructor: Colin Whitby-Strevens Zayante Inc. - $195 Tutorial #3 - ResidentialNetwork Technology This course provides a concise technical and market overview of the rapidly changing and emerging field of residential networks. It provides a technical overview of existing and emerging home network technologies, infrastructure wiring strategies including the use of fiber in the home, new bandwidth demands and residential gateway issues. The course also covers the quickly changing wide area network service industry and how it is influencing push for residential infrastructure changes.---Instructor: Grayson Evans, The Training Department - $195 Tutorial #4 - POF for Signs and Illumination This tutorial will review all the technical and business applications of using POF for sign and illumination. A wide range of practical applications will be provided: Overview of the advantage of POF for signage and lighting applications, Detailed descriptions of project installations for lighting applications, Market channels: Areas for future POF sales growth and development, Detailed descriptions of project installations for signage applications, Specifications: Communicating POF technology to architects, contractors and engineers --- Instructor: Kevin Potucek, Pac Fab and John Audette, Special "T" Lighting - $195 Tutorial #5 - Designing with POF Plastic optical fibers and low cost optoelectronic components have been routinely deployed in numerous short distance system applications as an equal-cost alternative to copper wire. Designers are choosing to embed low-cost fiber-optic solutions in place of copper wire because optical communication links can be used in systems with different ground potentials, and optical datacom links provide improved noise immunity. In addition to improving data integrity fiber-optic communication links are less susceptible to damage from lightning strikes than copper wire when used in harsh industrial, medical and telecom applications. Despite all of these advantages many system designers are not familiar with fiber-optic communication technology, so one of the objectives of this tutorial is to point designers to the proven low-cost plastic optical fiber (POF) data-communication solutions that are described in Agilent's Fiber-Optic Components Cookbook. Additional system design considerations that are not described in the Agilent Cookbook will also be introduced during this tutorial. --- Instructor: Jim Prettyleaf, Agilent - $195 Tutorial #6 - Infrastructure Cabling This course covers both the technical and market issues of home infrastructure cabling, including the current infrastructure cabling industry, products and installation practices, with an emphasis on the role of glass and plastic fiber. The course looks at residential infrastructure requirements driven by the computer, A/V, home automation industries and the most likely cable architecture to meet each requirement. The course also covers the growing residential custom installation industry and its influence on infrastructure wiring. --- Instructor: Grayson Evans, The Training Department - $195 Conference Proceedings POF World 2000: Applications of Plastic Optical Fibers June 19-21, 2000, San Jose Convention Center, CA - $195
Tutorial 1: Plastic Optical Fiber: Industry Overview After several years of slow growth, there is a renewed interest in the plastic optical fiber market due to the development of graded index POF. New market opportunities have begun to open up in high-speed LANs, ATM and building wiring. This tutorial will review the latest developments in graded index POF and forecast the potential market opportunities. - $195 Tutorial 2: POF for Signs and Illumination This tutorial will review all the technical and business applications of using POF for sign and illumination. A wide range of practical applications will be provided. - $195 Tutorial 3: Residential Network Technology This course provides a concise technical and market overview of the rapidly changing and emerging field of residential networks. It provides a technical overview of existing and emerging home network technologies, infrastructure wiring strategies including the use of fiber in the home, new bandwidth demands and residential gateway issues. The course also covers the quickly changing wide area network service industry and how it is influencing push for residential infrastructure changes. - $195 Tutorial 4: POF and 1394 One of the most important markets for Plastic Optic Fibers is the interconnection of digital PCs, consumer electronics and audio/video equipment. The IEEE has developed the 1394 standard which has been approved for speeds up to 400Mbps and 1394 is about to be approved for speeds up to 3.2 Gbps. This tutorial will describe 1394, status of standards, applications and role of POF. - $195 Tutorial 5: Design of Plastic Optical Fibre Links and Networks Recent developments in active and passive POF components have opened new opportunities for design engineers. This tutorial will provide technical details for designing POF links for home and small office-home office environments. - $195 Tutorial 6: Residential Infrastructure Cabling This course covers both the technical and market issues of home infrastructure cabling, including the current infrastructure cabling industry, products and installation practices, with an emphasis on the role of glass and plastic fiber. The course looks at residential infrastructure requirements driven by the computer, A/V, home automation industries and the most likely cable architecture to meet each requirement. The course also covers the growing residential custom installation industry and its influence on infrastructure wiring. - $195 Conference Proceedings POF World'99: Marketing POF June 28-30, 1999, San Jose Convention Center, CA This 153-page conference proceeding contains all the papers presented at the POF World'99 and is best thing you can buy to learn about the fast-changing Plastic Optical Fibers market! - $195
