Circuit Skills: Fiber Optics, sponsored by Jameco Electronics

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Not all electronic signals are communicated via electricity. By transmitting information in the form of light, we can avoid many limitations inherent to traditional wiring. And on top of all those benefits – fiber optics are just straight-up cool!

Curious minds interested in experimenting with the transmission of sound as light should check out the Fiber Optics kit I use in this video – could also be interesting to exploit the kit’s ability to send a signal much further …

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8 thoughts on “Circuit Skills: Fiber Optics, sponsored by Jameco Electronics

  1. Guillaume Filion says:

    That’s the most interesting video I’ve seen in a while!

  2. Guillaume Filion says:

    That’s the most interesting video I’ve seen in a while!

  3. Manto says:

    What does the potenciometer R1  on Reciever cicuit?

  4. Tungsten carbide burr says:

    That’s the most interesting video

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