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sugandh
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i have a serious question
for reducing the cables and cost of a machine i want to use optical fibre(OF) ,if we have approx.50 sensors,limit switches ,potenstiometers and vavles solenoids all together in one part of a machine can i convert the output of these to get a signal form or multiplexing it to get a digital form and then converting this to light to travel to the main panel just 20 meters away and vice versa to get electrical signal again to operate PLC ,will it be cost effective??which OF type can i use?can OF takes all the signal in its one light beam?
eliminating copper cables for this number of devices,connectors,relay,junction boxes, trays will reduce but ahat about the cost factor.is it really feasible?
please as fast anyone can tell me
for reducing the cables and cost of a machine i want to use optical fibre(OF) ,if we have approx.50 sensors,limit switches ,potenstiometers and vavles solenoids all together in one part of a machine can i convert the output of these to get a signal form or multiplexing it to get a digital form and then converting this to light to travel to the main panel just 20 meters away and vice versa to get electrical signal again to operate PLC ,will it be cost effective??which OF type can i use?can OF takes all the signal in its one light beam?
eliminating copper cables for this number of devices,connectors,relay,junction boxes, trays will reduce but ahat about the cost factor.is it really feasible?
please as fast anyone can tell me