JDSU launches c-Series testers for lab and manufacturing environments

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 -- JDSU (search for JDSU) this week introduced its c-Series Compact Photonic Tools, a new line of test equipment for the development and manufacturing of fiber-optic connectors and passive components used in today's network elements. 

According to the company, the c-Series provides an alternative for engineers who require simple, single-function testers and includes the cOPM-A1 Optical Power Meter, cFPL-A1 Fabry-Perot Light Source, and cORL-A1 Optical Return Loss Meter. The c-Series is on display this week at ECOC '08 in Brussels (Booth 233).
 
JDSU says its c-Series testers are general purpose, high-performance, entry-level test options for new labs and new engineers entering the industry and small- and medium-sized connector and patch cord manufacturers. C-Series testers include a USB interface that makes them an ideal addition to automated fiber-optic manufacturing process tools, with light sources and power meters providing key feedback required for robotic and automated assembly equipment.
 
"Today's fiber-optic manufacturing market requires easier and less expensive test tools that help bring reliable products to market faster," notes Gegs Jones, JDSU's fiber-optic production and lab testing business unit manager. "JDSU designed the c-Series as easy-to-use and cost-effective point solutions without sacrificing performance--each tester offers accuracy and proprietary test time-reduction features found in products several times the price."
 
The c-Series testers, operating independently or in tandem, offer functionality that addresses a range of key applications from general purpose lab-based optical measurements to insertion loss and return loss measurements for FTTx passive components and fiber-optic connectors.Â
 

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