Against industrial vision’s push for higher precision and speed, connection methods have evolved from single data channels to critical performance drivers. Traditional solutions (Camera Link, GigE) face bandwidth and cabling limits as high-speed cameras advance. CoaXPress (CXP), now the new mainstream standard, excels with 12.5Gbps/channel, compact interfaces, and 19m lossless transmission. Zhaolong’s CXP assemblies, tailored for space-sensitive and dynamic scenarios, lead the trend. For longer/higher-bandwidth needs, CXPoF (fiber-based) emerges, offering 100m+ lossless transmission, anti-interference, and 50Gbps+ bandwidth. Zhaolong’s CXPoF assemblies expand CXP’s ecosystem, aiming to enable smaller, faster, smarter next-gen vision systems.

Fiber optic cables and patch cords are able to accomplish tasks of long-distance and high-quality information transmission, playing a dominant role in the global telecommunication network. And as the two main ways of optic fiber communication, single-mode fiber system and multi-mode fiber system also attracted much attention.The main content of this article is the definition, operating principle and main differences between single-mode fiber optic system and multi-mode fiber optic system.