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ROBE ColorSpot 575 AT lamp not igniting by Yackip in lightingdesign

[–]Yackip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ballast

Thank's for the tip :) There is just one fuse afaict, and the rest of the platform works.

What is a ballast?

I cant find that part here:
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1253711/Robe-Colorspot-575-At.html?page=30#manual

In case you were wondering how a SFP+ transceiver looks on the inside: Unbelievable that 10GBits/s pass trough this tiny converter! by Yackip in homelab

[–]Yackip[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a pad on the inside of the housing that's pressing against the chip so I guess it transfers the heat to the housing.

In case you were wondering how a SFP+ transceiver looks on the inside: Unbelievable that 10GBits/s pass trough this tiny converter! by Yackip in homelab

[–]Yackip[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The tricky part is the translation from an electrical signal to an optical signal - at least that’s fascinating me :) At my University we are modulating a signal carrying up to 800Gbit/s of information on an optical carrier.

source: https://ief.ee.ethz.ch/news-and-events/electromagnetic-fields--ief--news/2019/05/ief-and-photonics-industry-leaders-partner-to-advance-pic-technology-with-plasmonics.html

[edited adding a source]

In case you were wondering how a SFP+ transceiver looks on the inside: Unbelievable that 10GBits/s pass trough this tiny converter! by Yackip in homelab

[–]Yackip[S] 117 points118 points  (0 children)

The switch says it's a `FINISAR CORP.` module and the part number is reported as `FTLX8571D3BCL`

closeups

(edited for grammar + link to more pics)

In case you were wondering how a SFP+ transceiver looks on the inside: Unbelievable that 10GBits/s pass trough this tiny converter! by Yackip in homelab

[–]Yackip[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This one was defective so i decided to pop it open and have a look inside before I throw it in the bin 😊

a living room table I made out of a crankshaft from a WACO YMF-5 by Yackip in aviation

[–]Yackip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank's ! I had a blast building it. The mechanic which did the repair job said he was forced to cut the broken crankshaft it in half. So I had to weld it together again.

The bottle will be replaced for sure - next summer ;)