|
Protokraft Introduces Mercury Ethernet Optical Media Converters |
|
Mercury Series Mil-Dtl-38999 Ethernet Optical Media Converters Simplify Military or Commercial Network Implementations and Improve Ethernet Optical Network Performance and Reliability
Kingsport, TN, June 2, 2008 -- Protokraft today announced the introduction of the Mercury Series of Mil-Dtl-38999 Ethernet Optical Media Converters to simplify avionics equipment designs and improve Ethernet network performance and reliability in harsh environment applications. Protokraft adds the new Mercury series to its previously announced Spitfire, Lightning and Magnum series of harsh environment optoelectronic interfaces to offer a comprehensive optical component solution for Military and Commercial avionics optical networks. The Mercury Series of Mil-Dtl-38999 Ethernet Optical Media Converter are available in Single and Dual port versions and are designed for military, aerospace, industrial or utility applications where significant levels of shock, vibration and extreme temperature ranges are experienced. Mercury series Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet media converters consist of optoelectronic transmitter and receiver functions integrated along with the Ethernet media conversion circuitry into a wall mount Mil-Dtl-38999 connector assembly. The optical transmitters are high output 850nM VCSEL lasers or 1310nm LED’s. The optical receivers consist of GaAs or InGaAs PIN and preamplifier assemblies and limiting post-amplifiers. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Protokraft Named 2007 Hot 100 Company by BusinessTN Magazine |
New award honors Protokraft for exceptional growthKingsport, TN – December 3, 2007 – Protokraft, LLC, a leading provider of optical communication components for harsh environments, today announced that it has been named a 2007 Hot 100 company by Business Tennessee Magazine. The 2007 Hot100 is a new awards program that recognizes the fastest growing companies in the state of Tennessee. "We are honored to be named to the BusinessTN 2007 Hot 100 list" said Robert Scharf, co-founder and president of Protokraft. "This is the second consecutive year that we were selected by BusinessTN as one of the fastest growing companies in the State of Tennessee. This award confirms that Protokraft continues to expand its customer base, product range, geographic coverage and market position.” “The Hot100 list also inescapably involves increased editorial judgment. BusinessTN’s staff chose 33% of the companies on this list based on knowledge of the company’s success and references from knowledgeable sources about area companies performing well.” noted Drew Ruble, editor of Business Tennessee Magazine. “That change made it all the more difficult for applicants to make the list: the number of applications submitted reached an all-time high just as the percentage of submitting companies selected for the list hit an all-time low.” |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
