Twisted-pair Ethernet, one of the most commonly used types of network cabling, has played a crucial role in shaping modern communication. From the earliest days of networking to its current status as ...

But Ethernet didn’t start with twisted pair cable. [Mark] and [Ben] at The Serial Port YouTube channel are taking a deep dive into the twisted history of Ethernet on twisted pair wiring.

I have come across several times, though, a cable that only has 2 twisted pair of cables with only 4 of the pins being used and the remaining pins of the RJ45 connector left open. I have found ...

These days, it seems as if the world is tied together with network cable. Although we may take a wired world for granted, the consequence is that we rely on wires to connect us to anything and ...

The wires are twisted around each other to minimize interference from other twisted pairs in the cable. Alexander Graham Bell invented this and was awarded a patent in 1881. Twisted pairs support ...

Swiss cabling specialist Reichle & De-Massari has launched the world’s thinnest Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) copper trunk cable. The new ThinCompact Cat.6A cable shaves almost 70 percent off the bulk ...

[Maurizio] built a low cost solution to transmit video over long distances using twisted pair cables. The system is cheap and uses readily available parts. The idea is to convert the video signal ...