Subject: Murphy's Law Attacks on Halloween

Hey Folks,

Mike Fahrion here at B&B Electronics.  People
often accuse me of being a little looney,
what with my conspiracy theories and all.

But every single engineer I know - even the
cold, rational, practical ones - believe devoutly 
in Murphy's law.  

It's the ones who DON'T believe in Murphy who 
are crazy.

So with all the paranormal activity that's
happening today, I'm sending you this special 
Halloween version of e-connections to protect you 
from lunatics and monsters and pumpkin smashers.


"What's so Scary about EMI/RFI?"

Famous last words, my friend.  Many a data
packet has been entombed in a magnetic grave.
Buried alive in electrical noise.

Or worse yet, it makes it to the other
side, but is corrupted, ghoulish and 
uncrecognizable.

But if you convert your signal to fiber
optic, it will sneak silently past the electrical
noise goblins and arrive intact.

Reduce noise by converting Ethernet to Fiber:
http://www.bb-elec.com/product.asp?sku=EMD-10FST&src=e103103

Convert Serial to Fiber:
http://www.bb-elec.com/tech_articles/csystem_converters.asp?src=e103103


"RS232 Vampires and Things that go Bump in the Night"

The Powers That Be have been trying mightily to
exorcise the lowly RS-232 port from our PC's.  They
seem to be succeding in their sinister ploy.  Do
you have a CNC machine that's controlled with a 
serial port and the new PC won't talk to it?

You don't need a silver bullet - a Serial<->USB
converter will do just fine:
http://www.bb-elec.com/convert_serial_port/usb.asp?src=e103103

...And Serial<>Ethernet is quite fashionable too:
http://www.bb-elec.com/product.asp?sku=ESP901&src=e103103


Ernie Engineer is awakened in the night by the
kids clambering into mom and dad's bed, upon hearing
a vicious crack of thunder.  

But he's not worried about the kids.  They'll be
just fine.  But a dark shadow crosses his heart when 
he realizes that $140,000 of equipment sits unprotected 
back at the plant, vulnerable to electrical storms.

If the line goes down, the boss is going to smash
his pumpkin!

Monster-Strength Surge protection for RS-485:
http://www.bb-elec.com/product.asp?sku=485OPDR&src=e103103

Ground Loop and Surge Protection for USB:
http://www.bb-elec.com/product.asp?sku=UISOHUB4&src=e103103

RS232 to 485 Isolated Converter:
http://www.bb-elec.com/product.asp?sku=485OT9L&src=e103103

Isolated PCI card for Serial connections:
http://www.bb-elec.com/product.asp?sku=3PCIO1&src=e103103

~~

Questions?  Comments?  Trying to regain control of
Howling Machinery?  Send us an email and we'll
help you tame the communication monster:
E-mail mailto:support@bb-elec.com

Happy Halloween,

Mike Fahrion
B&B Electronics



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