Is a 16-Port PoE Switch Suitable For Your Small Business?
A network switch is a fundamental component of any small business building a network. A switch connects people to network devices and allows them to share information… Read More
How to Choose an 8-Port Switch for Your Small Business
Although our world is becoming increasingly wireless, businesses have primarily remained wired. There is good reason for that. Wired networks are faster and more secure than wireless… Read More
Why You Should Consider A PoE LED Lighting System For Your Workplace
Business leaders are currently engaged with the logistics of surviving a world in the throes of a pandemic. Flexibility, creativity, and innovation are helping their businesses to… Read More
Planet Technology USA Announces Its Newest PoE Injector
The POE-176-95—Single-Port—95 watt—802.3bt PoE++ Injector Do you need a PoE injector? Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a technology that delivers both power and data via a single… Read More
PoE Technology in 2021
The ever-growing need for connected devices and high-performance networks has led to the deployment of billions of IoT devices globally. According to Market Watch, the number of… Read More
Heat Rise Concerns with High-Powered PoE
Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology delivers both power and data transmission over a single copper Ethernet cable. PoE has evolved extensively since the first iteration was ratified… Read More
802.3az: The Greening of Power over Ethernet (PoE)
The need to conserve natural resources and to protect the environment has become an increasingly important trend. When people commit to protecting the environment, they begin to… Read More
The Ethernet Switch Goes Small
Back in April, Hackaday published a blog about SwitchBox, a company that makes a 45mm square, 5-port Ethernet switch. It can easily fit in the palm, and… Read More
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Your Digital Prime Meridian
Accurate time readings and time stamps are essential for video footage captured by CCTV surveillance cameras and access control systems for secure areas within facilities. These “timestamps”… Read More
A Deep Dive Of 90W PoE Connections
The consumer sees the increasingly further development of the IEEE Power over Ethernet (PoE) standards every couple of years. This drive to develop more sophisticated levels of… Read More
Industrial Ethernet Connecting Manufacturing to Smarter Outcomes
Muda, in Japanese, means waste—specifically any human activity which absorbs resources but creates no value: mistakes which require rectification, production of items no one wants so that… Read More
Advantages of Single Pair Ethernet
“Houston, we’ve had a problem,” a message that begins one of the most harrowing moments in spaceflight history. On June 13, 1970, the Apollo 13 astronauts—Jim Lovell,… Read More
Heat Concerns When Powering a PoE Device
Special thanks goes to Mark Mullins over at ISEMag, and his article entitled Can PoE Take the Heat?. When Power over Ethernet (PoE) is delivered over twisted-pair… Read More
PoE and The Edge Fueling Faster Speeds in the IoT
As connected devices continue to multiply across the cyber landscape, the need for speed and proximity is increasing too. Traditional computing and storage models like those found… Read More
PoE And Wearable Tech Is Being Used to Clean Bathrooms Around The US
Public restrooms around the U.S. are becoming intelligent data-gathering environments as the smart building revolution gains momentum. They’re relying on Power over Ethernet or PoE and wearable… Read More
Ethernet Cables: Difference between Cat5 vs Cat6 vs Cat7 Cable Types
Ethernet cables represent the plumbing pipes of the Internet. Many network installers and system integrators are familiar with Cat5e and Cat6 cables with RJ45 connectors. But the… Read More