Not long ago fiber optics was little more than a laboratory curiosity. Physicists and scientists in research labs were the only people doing much work in this field.

In the last 20 years all that has changed. From its obscure beginnings in the back of a lab, fiber optics has become an important and rapidly changing technology. It employs many of the world's brightest scientists nd business people.

With this kit anyone can follow the exploits of famous experimenters such as Galileo, Franklin, Tyndall, and Gould, begin to explore fiber optics starting with the very basics and learn more about the fascinating potential of fiber optical technology. Requires no electronics or optics experience.

The kit is suggested for ages 10 and above. It contains materials and an instruction manual to complete five unique projects and 20 exciting experiments such as:

Bending a LIght Guide
Flourescence
Tyndall's Prestigioius Light-in-Water Experiment
Special Fiber Optic LIghting
Art of Polishing Glass
Making Your Own Image Conduit
Creating a Holiday Ornament

Kit items include penlight, rubber light hood, six different optical fiber types, Ulexite image transferring rock, three coherent fiber optic components, color gel filters, lens, star/constellation map, polishing film and other miscellaneous components.

IF-OVL10-K: Optical Voice LInk (Unassembled Kit)
IF-OVL10-A: Assembled
IF-OVL20-K: Duplex Kit
IF-OVL20-A: Assembled Duplex

This Industrial Fiber Optics kit "favorite" may have earned more high grades and scholastic honors for student science projects than any other. For students and experimenters alike, the Optical Voice Link is the ideal introduction for an electronics hobbyist first learning about the marvels, mysteries and science of light transmission through optical fiber. There is something fascinating, indeed, about hearing your own voice, after it has been converted into light and then coupled into, through, and out of an optical fiber.

The Optical Voice LInk is suitable for science projects; home projects for the hobbyist; short audio fiber optic curricula for schools; inexpensive classroom demonstrations; hands-on industrial training; and voice transmission in critical electrical isolation applications.

Features:

High-quality audio circuits
On-board microphone
Visible LED optimized for plastic optical fiber
9-volt battery operation
Low stand-by current for long battery life
High-quality multilayer PCBs
Plastic optical fiber with simple terminations
Extendable to 20 meters
32-page full color instruction booklet

(Kit includes: printed wiring boards, switches, electronics, microphone, 8-ohm speaker, three meters of plastic fiber optic cable, and an uncomplicated tutorial and step-by-step assembly instruction manual. No prior fiber optics experience, special tools or training are needed to build, use and enjoy the multiple applications of this kit. Some experience with soldering is recommended for completion of the unassembled version.)

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IF-E22: Educational Communication Kit

This is our most popular kit, providing studnets the opportunity to examine fiber optic communication technology at its basics. It's a great hands-on educational product as well as an opportunity for the serious investigator/experimenter to explore fiber optic technology inexpensively. The Communication Kit is an easy-to-assemble, digital link for experimenting and beginner science objects. (This digital link for experimenting and beginner science objects. (This digital link also can be used to construct high-voltage isolation for telephone, modems and computers)

Features:

Visible fiber optic source and detector
Built-in oscillator for testing and demos
TTL and CMOS logic-compatible inputs and outputs
Low-voltage operation
Utilizes plastic optical fiber with simple terminations
32-page comprehensive booklet covering assembly, schematics, experiments, fiber optic fundamentals and circuit operation.

It contains red LED and photodetector, one meter of optical fiber, printed wiring boards, polishing film, oscillator chip, electronic components and instruction booklet. Suitable for students in grades 9 and above. (We recommend some soldering experience for assembly).

IF-LM: Lab Course and Lab Kit
IF-LMH: Lab Manual with Lab Kit

The Lab Course is a 68-page guide which contains nine fascinating fiber optics experiments. Lab Course is now in its 4th edition, whish has full-color illustrations throughout. With the Lab Course, instructors can avoid having to create their own fiber optics or opto-electronics experiments and thus spend more time with their students. Do-it-yourself experimenters will learn valuable practical experience about fiber optics. Each of the nine experiments contains activities which use state-of-the-art opto-electronic components. Along with learning about unique fiber optics procedures, these activities later can be used in dealing with practical, real-world situations. Experiments begin with the basic physics and progress toward solutions for design and circuit problems.

Experiments

Making a light guide
Fiber optic cable transmission
Characteristics of connectors and splices
Index-matching procedures
Speed of opto-electronic devices
Fiber optic transmitter
Receiver design
Fiber termination techniques

Lab Kit contains all the fiber optic and electronic components required to complete the experiments in the Lab Course manual. Lab Kit contains optical light pipe, fiber optic cable, splices, connectors and polishing film, with LEDs, photodetectors, transmitter and receiver electronics. No special tools or training required.)