Starquad cables explained
Starquad cables as the name suggest incorporate four individual conductors. These cables are twisted together with a short lay length (number of twists per metre) typically one full twist every 25mm and in most cases have an overall Aluminium foil tape screen which is overlapped onto the quad during the twist operation with an appropriate drain wire.
The conductors which are opposite to each other are then wired in parallel to form a single balanced pair. As there are more conductors, the capacitance between the .. Read More
Custom Designed Cables ltd win Theo Paphitis’ #SBS competition
It’s official, CDC have joined the #SBS club! For those of you not familiar with SBS, it’s a twitter competition where each week Dragons Den star Theo Paphitis retweets his favourite 6 small businesses! Thousands of hopefuls every week send their tweets to Theo in the hope that they will get recognised…
Here is our winning tweet:
[caption id="attachment_373" align="alignnone" width="300"] Winning tweet[/caption]
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Since the industrial revolution, civilisation has been reliant on fossil fuels to provide us with energy. In the modern age, energy is required for more or less everything we do; charging the batteries in our phone, fuelling our cars and even powering the computer on which we’re typing this blog post.
Unfortunately, energy isn’t infinite. In fact, many scientists have suggested that we have already reached ‘peak oil’, the level at which global production of oil has peaked and will only fall from now on. Demand, however, will not fall.. Read More
If you plan to buy a new TV these days, chances are you’ll end up with an all-singing all-dancing HD ready flat-screen number like most modern models are. And although these usually make for an awesome viewing experience, the countless number of cables needed can make the set up quite daunting- especially if you have lots of other devices to attach to it. So we’ve put together a guide to the main cables you’ll need for your new TV, guaranteed to make the install easier and the viewing better.
HDMI Cables (High Definition Multimedia Int.. Read More
Continued growth in broadband demand may be good news for UK cable manufacturers and their continental European counterparts during the recent turbulent economic period.
A recent presentation from market insight provider Integer Research looks at the different factors currently affecting cable manufacturing across the EU-27 group of countries. On a national scale, some countries are seeing greater levels of turbulence than others, due to economic factors. But across the continent, it is broadband that offers a bright spot - something UK cabl.. Read More
Further research has recently indicated how demand for cable solutions is likely to grow in the months and years to come, thanks to the global broadband market.
Last week we reported a presentation from Integer Research that predicted "sustained growth" in several different types of cable solutions, from Fibre to the Home to coaxial cables.
Now ABI Research has echoed that forecast, putting figures in place for the future growth of cable broadband for fixed-line subscribers. This is in part due to the need for higher bandwidth, capable of.. Read More
Cable manufacturers are likely to be celebrating new research from Broadband Choices, a consumer site that compares broadband packages and works for improvements in internet access in the UK. That is because the site has uncovered evidence of significant "Wi-Fi woes" for many internet users - and suggests a return to direct cable connections as an alternative.
In 62% of cases, Wi-Fi broadband users have had problems with their connection, usually due to slow data speeds while streaming video or music, or even when on a social network.
The.. Read More
Thin hybrid HDDs could help not only to kickstart the hard disk drive market, but also give UK cable manufacturers a new kind of custom cable design to work on.
Measuring just 5mm thick, thin hybrid HDDs have been tipped by electronic components analyst iSuppli as one way notebook manufacturers can claw back some market share, compared with tablets. "Since their appearance on the market two years ago, tablets - with their slim profile and fast 'instant-on' capabilities - have eaten mightily into the sales of notebook PCs," iSuppli reports.
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The British Army has troops deployed all over the world, from well-reported warzones such as Afghanistan to lesser-known locales in Africa. With so many troops deployed in so many locales, communication is as essential to the successful operation of the nation’s military as weaponry and transport. However, maintaining reliable and strong communication and data connections in areas with conditions as diverse (and adverse) as Afghanistan, Kenya and Canada is an extremely difficult task. Not too difficult, however, for the military’s secret cr.. Read More
Over the past few years, the popularity of video gaming has exploded. Whereas gaming was once considered the preserve of children and teenagers, the past few years have seen everyone from your dad to your Gran picking up a pad, with family-friendly consoles such as the Wii and mega-franchises such as ‘Call of Duty’ breaking into the mainstream.
It’s estimated that the gaming industry is now worth an astounding $78million (almost £50million)! Part of the reason for this popularity is the ever-decreasing cost of games consoles and gamin.. Read More
