Howdy Y'all!
First I'd like to say, this forum has me super excited and my curiosity cranked up. The sheer amount of information here is astounding. But let's get to the point!
I've worked in Data Centers for the last 8 years of my life, going on 9 years. Every job I've been at has always had a high overturn of optics. I've always enjoyed finding a solution to a problem, and one of my fellow colleagues dumped a project on my lap, quite literally. He handed me a 40G QSFP Transceiver Tester and told me "You look like you know what you're doing, so here's a project for you." The issue is, they no longer have the software for it, and want me to re-engineer it. Ok, I'm smart, but I have no clue where to even begin with this.
If I'm going to take the time to develop an interface for a single 40G optic, why shouldn't I include all of the optic speeds?
I need to develop a board with multiple SFP / QSFP ports on it, interfacing it with software via USB cable to test if Optic Receivers are truly bad or not.
What I'd like is some directions, a good starting point. This goes way beyond my skills of an IT Engineer, but I'm willing to put in the work, learn, and have fun. Electrical & Mechanic Engineering has been my second choice for a career path if I ended up hating IT (Which I do right now). I'm 110% a complete novice, I fully understand this is a massive undertaking, and I totally understand it'll probably cost me a pretty penny. However, if I can pull it off, and if it works, it makes me look amazing to my work and it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. I'm very familiar with Digi-Key.
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I forgot to mention that, I wasn't sure which section this goes under. HW Design sounded like the right section.
First I'd like to say, this forum has me super excited and my curiosity cranked up. The sheer amount of information here is astounding. But let's get to the point!
I've worked in Data Centers for the last 8 years of my life, going on 9 years. Every job I've been at has always had a high overturn of optics. I've always enjoyed finding a solution to a problem, and one of my fellow colleagues dumped a project on my lap, quite literally. He handed me a 40G QSFP Transceiver Tester and told me "You look like you know what you're doing, so here's a project for you." The issue is, they no longer have the software for it, and want me to re-engineer it. Ok, I'm smart, but I have no clue where to even begin with this.
If I'm going to take the time to develop an interface for a single 40G optic, why shouldn't I include all of the optic speeds?
I need to develop a board with multiple SFP / QSFP ports on it, interfacing it with software via USB cable to test if Optic Receivers are truly bad or not.
What I'd like is some directions, a good starting point. This goes way beyond my skills of an IT Engineer, but I'm willing to put in the work, learn, and have fun. Electrical & Mechanic Engineering has been my second choice for a career path if I ended up hating IT (Which I do right now). I'm 110% a complete novice, I fully understand this is a massive undertaking, and I totally understand it'll probably cost me a pretty penny. However, if I can pull it off, and if it works, it makes me look amazing to my work and it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. I'm very familiar with Digi-Key.
Edit:
I forgot to mention that, I wasn't sure which section this goes under. HW Design sounded like the right section.
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