Braided-shield cables provide a flexible method of electrically shielding a cable. The braid also adds strength to the cable. Because of this, braided-shield cables are the best choice for cables used ...

Normally when a spiral shield is used on a cable it is for one of three reasons, increased flexibility, ease of termination, or reduced manufacturing costs. Let's consider the differences between a ...

The feeling I had when I came across a vendor’s site and its discussion about an alternative to braided shielding of cables.

Although cable of all types tends to be overshadowed by other, more “glamorous”, technologies, they are nevertheless essential elements in just about any security system. One of cable’s most important ...

The Shield charging cable from Fuse Chicken is literally wearing stainless steel chainmail. It seems designed to survive battle with orcs, or at least the dangers it might run into on a job site.

So, what’s in a video cable? When reading descriptions of home theater cable products off of packages in a big-box store, or off of websites online, it’s sometimes hard to get a clear understanding of ...

I'm going to pick up one of the Unifi APs in the near future so I can put it on the main floor, which will be way better than the corner of the basement. Since it's cute and surface mount, I was going ...

Ask any EMC engineer to name the most common problems associated with system-level emissions and all of them will include poor cable shielding and terminations. Often, the poor terminations occur ...

The IEEE recently approved IEEE 400.2, “Guide for Field Testing of Shielded power Cable Systems Using Very Low Frequency (VLF), a new standard that addresses concerns when field-testing shielded, ...