SHDSL is an established broadband technology, which is now being adopted in more and more industrial applications and new markets.

“Nothing beats SHDSL when it comes to high data rates on long copper loops”, said Christoph Zuber, CEO of FlexDSL, a broadband pioneer that brought SHDSL to many industrial applications and a customer for Lantiq’s SHDSL solutions.

“FlexDSL connects subsea monitoring systems for oil platforms, where one service mission can cost $100k. We also equip earthquake early warning systems based on extreme signal run-time accuracy independent of loop length from meters to tens of kilometers. This application demands that the connection never breaks and thus we use Lantiq’s market leading SHDSL solutions for best quality and reliability.”

Public displays, infotainment systems, surveillance cameras, WiFi hotspots and vending machines often may be placed far from the available power supply. Equipment makers like FlexDSL and others provide solutions for remote power feeding plus broadband data connections on the same copper pair by using Lantiq’s SHDSL technologies.

Features:

－ A new firmware version (V 1.9) for the Lantiq SOCRATES SHDSL chipset is available, providing substantially enhanced interoperability.

－ Lantiq is launching a new SHDSL CPE test service program, providing customers with sophisticated test capabilities from the Lantiq Labs.

－ Achieve the best possible product lifetime. The four-channel SOCRATES SHDSL products also have been converted from gold to copper bond wiring.

－ Lantiq provides customers with additional options using transformers from Würth Elektronik.

－ A brand new, ready-to-copy Ethernet-to-SHDSL/EFM reference board and module will be available in the second half of 2014.