October 6, 2009 — Bellevue, WA, USA —Data-Linc announced its latest product and newest addition to the FastLinc Family of high-speed modems. Due to be released for full production in February 2010, the FLC910E offers a new option in data transmission. Using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology and the robust 900 MHz ISM band, the FLC910E provides high data throughput and immunity to multi-path fading. It also looks to the future by providing a platform for another of Data-Linc's high-speed products with the same footprint, due out later in 2010 that will offer OFDM 802.11abgn capability.

The FLC910E addition is an ideal data communication option for noisy in-plant environments. It handles data with a spreading method that utilizes a wide number of carrier frequencies transmitted simultaneously, dividing signal data across exactly spaced carrier frequencies uniquely designed to have the exact minimum “orthogonal” spacing. This ensures that each carrier frequency will not interfere with any other, and it is this precise space utilization in the 900 MHz band that gives the FLC910E its robust, reliable performance.

The OFDM technology permits data transfer via a wide channel that supports complex modulation and the resulting high data rates (up to 54 Mbps) with low latency- the transmission time a data packet travels from point A to point B. OFDM also enables the FLC910E to be significantly more immune to multi-path fading caused by RF reflection that can be particularly troublesome for plant-floor data transfer, conditions that constrain data rates and reliability in standard 802.11 high-speed data systems. The advantage of the 900 MHz band, wide-channel modulation and immunity to multi-path fading permits the FLC910E to provide high throughput rates while maintaining excellent resistance to noise.

The FastLinc FLC910E functions like the popular 802.11b FLC810E+ modem, and offers the speed of the FLC820G 802.11b/g modem. But its greatest advantage is that it operates in the more robust, longer-range 900 MHz band. This makes the FLC910E modem ideal for in-plant applications even in high-noise industrial environments such as high-voltage areas and variable-frequency drives (VFD), arc welders and the like. Based on the FLC910E platform, the FLC920E/N, due later in 2010, is an 802.11abgn modem that will offer backward compatibility with the FLC810E+ and FLC820G modems and will operate in the 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands. These two Data-Linc products- the FLC910E and the in-development FLC920E/N- offer new and exciting capabilities in data transmission, further broadening an already excellent array of robust and reliable data communication products. Look to the future. Look to Data-Linc.