[time-nuts] Re: Seems like the new version PN2060C is available for sale US$680

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Is TOSLINK bi-directional or do you just use two? (and away you go to your custom
“gizmo” on the other end) 

Bob

> On Oct 7, 2023, at 10:59 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
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> Bob Camp writes:
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>> Doing a fiber optic interface is an interesting approach. How you do a
>> two way link to the computer, at an affordable price. is a bit unclear
>> to me. Maybe there is an obvious answer I've missed
> 
> The crew behind OZ7IGY found a non-obvious answer for low bandwidth applications: TOSLINK
> 
> TOSLINK is a cheap LED+plastic fiber-optic audio connection.  As
> with anything cheap it comes with footnotes, but they are workable.
> 
> For high bandwidths the answer is almost always ethernet (hardware)
> and if one uses SFP modules, it is somewhat workable.
> 
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