Physical Infrastructure and Wiring
Stub. The physical-layer engineering behind real IoT deployments: conductors, wiring, EMI shielding, twisted pairing, cable ratings, marine applications, cabling security, time-domain reflectometry, and protecting cabling against wildlife and the elements.
As IoT deployments move outdoors, underwater, and into hostile environments, the physical medium itself becomes an engineering problem. Covers conductor and wiring choices, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and twisted-pair cabling, how cables are rated for different environments, marine-specific applications, physically securing cabling against tampering, time-domain reflectometry as a diagnostic tool for locating faults in a cable, and protecting wiring against wildlife and other environmental hazards.
Outline (TODO — flesh out each)
- Physical challenges of the Internet of Things
- Conductors
- Wiring
- EMI shielding
- Twisted pairing
- Cable ratings
- Marine applications
- Cabling security
- Time-domain reflectometry
- Protection against wildlife