Ethernet 10-pin header to fiber optic SFP transceiver?

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Ethernet 10-pin header to fiber optic SFP transceiver?

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We design our own carrier boards for use with MOD5234's and MOD54415's. At present we connect the MOD5234/MOD54415's RJ45 connector to an external Ethernet-to-fiber module. In the future, we want to integrate the fiber optic connection into our carrier board.

Is it possible design a carrier board that connects a module's 10-pin Ethernet header to a SFP cage?
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Re: Ethernet 10-pin header to fiber optic SFP transceiver?

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First up, what type of fiber are you using? There's multiple different 100 base protocols, none of which, to my understanding are strictly compatible with feeding from the 100Base-TX PHY on the MOD5441X. So, unless the SFP has a PHY conversion or expects 100Base-TX, the notion is dead from the get go. That said, that may be how SFPs are designed, I've just never been able to dig much deeper than this.

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Re: Ethernet 10-pin header to fiber optic SFP transceiver?

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100BASE-LX10 ( duplex fibers at 1310nm ).
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