Applications of POF
Automotive:
- D2B (5 Mbit/s since 1998)
- MOST (22 Mbit/s since 2001)
- Byteflight (from BMW)
- MOST2 and IEEE1394 (data rates from 150 Mbit/s to 400 Mbit/s under development)
Data Communication:
- Ethernet (100 Mbit/s over 50 m)
- ATM (155 Mbit/s over 50 m))
- IEEE1394b (100 Mbit/s over 70 m; 400 Mbit/s over 100 m under development)
Automation
- SERCOS (2 Mbit/s, 60 m))
- Profibus (1.5 Mbit/s, 60 m))
- INTERBUS (2 Mbit/s, 70 m))
- Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/s, 50 m))
Sensors
- Pedestrian protection (Siemens VDO)
Illumination
- Starry skies
- Luminous textiles (STFI – Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut)