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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/111272502499273941">Erik Ableson (erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 23:48:24 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/@erik" title="erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/62500-48-20240808015228.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Erik Ableson" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Erik Ableson</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>For those of you who thought that coax was dead. The internals of your Superspeed USB cable is a collection of teeny-tiny coax cables!</p><p>Having a lot of fun reading Open Circuits: the inner beauty of electronic components</p><p> 🙏 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@stiefkind">@stiefkind</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2215580#notice-4357553">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-10-21T23:48:24+09:00" title="Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 23:48:24 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/@erik/111272502499273941" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.infrageeks.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.infrageeks.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/@erik/111272502499273941">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1688877">SuperSpeed USB Cable
Near the center, the cable has thick red
A top-of-the-line 10 Gbps SuperSpeed
USB cable is a tiny, precisely con-
structed, dazzling work of art.
Most remarkable are the eight minia-
ture shielded coaxial cables, each just
1 mm in diameter, with its own color-
coded foil wrap. Each pair of two coax
cables forms a high-speed data trans-
mission lane. With four lanes total,
the USB cable can move data up to
10 gigabits per second.
and black wires for powering devices,
and a shielded green and white signal
pair. In a sense, these form a low-end
basic USB cable embedded within the
high-end SuperSpeed cable for back-
ward compatibility.
Four smaller wires near the outer shield
carry auxiliary signals. The whole cable
is wrapped with an outer braided copper
shield for improved immunity to electri-
cal interference.</a></label><br><a href="https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/272/502/234/836/383/original/3badfcb35d6a5ddb.jpeg" rel="external">https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/272/502/234/836/383/original/3badfcb35d6a5ddb.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Erik Ableson (erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 23:48:24 JSTErik Ableson
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For those of you who thought that coax was dead. The internals of your Superspeed USB cable is a collection of teeny-tiny coax cables!
Having a lot of fun reading Open Circuits: the inner beauty of electronic components
🙏 @stiefkind
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1. SuperSpeed USB Cable Near the center, the cable has thick red A top-of-the-line 10 Gbps SuperSpeed USB cable is a tiny, precisely con- structed, dazzling work of art. Most remarkable are the eight minia- ture shielded coaxial cables, each just 1 mm in diameter, with its own color- coded foil wrap. Each pair of two coax cables forms a high-speed data trans- mission lane. With four lanes total, the USB cable can move data up to 10 gigabits per second. and black wires for powering devices, and a shielded green and white signal pair. In a sense, these form a low-end basic USB cable embedded within the high-end SuperSpeed cable for back- ward compatibility. Four smaller wires near the outer shield carry auxiliary signals. The whole cable is wrapped with an outer braided copper shield for improved immunity to electri- cal interference.
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