Sony unveils 'Single Wire Interface Technology'

I guess "single wire" sounds better than "single cable". I count 3 wires.

So this is different than my home telephone how? Last I checked it was one wire and a ground too. Alexander Graham Bell would seem to have prior art on this.

I thought that 'no wire' was starting to be the norm now.

I thought that 'no wire' was starting to be the norm now.

Yeah, like we don't already have enough RF coursing through our brains and balls. We should use radio to communicate with something an inch away and has no reason to be separate. /snark

I guess "single wire" sounds better than "single cable". I count 3 wires.

That's what caught my attention... DC power on a single wire... that would be a neat trick! Route the DC return via a parallel universe?

I thought that 'no wire' was starting to be the norm now.

Yeah, like we don't already have enough RF coursing through our brains and balls. We should use radio to communicate with something an inch away and has no reason to be separate. /snark

Maybe some of us like having toasty balls in the winter. And I doubt the very low power needed would do much to your genitals, unless you are using it in advanced yoga class.

I thought that 'no wire' was starting to be the norm now.

Yeah, like we don't already have enough RF coursing through our brains and balls. We should use radio to communicate with something an inch away and has no reason to be separate. /snark

Maybe some of us like having toasty balls in the winter. And I doubt the very low power needed would do much to your genitals, unless you are using it in advanced yoga class.

haha. I don't know about you, but when I pocket dial someone, it's because my testes are getting flirtatious. :)

I wish Dell used this before my laptop caught on fire at the lid hinge.

it is only one wire. The cylinder in the middle represents the wire. The power is unidirectional but the data is bi-directional. The diagram depicts both sender and receiver, or rather two transceivers.

P.S. Lid hinge? And was the laptop battery intact or no? when laptops catch fire it is because the lithium in the battery was exposed to air -- or because it was lit on fire. As a tech I'd definitely rule out the power and interface wires as the source without a probability of doubt, unless somehow you hooked them up to a neon sign transformer by accident. your power supply can't even power 1 slot in a four slot toaster.

Apparently your tech education skipped over the difference between watts and watt-hours. Ever hear of a short? All you need is enough heat to start a fire in a piece of plastic. He didn't say his laptop exploded, although they've done that too.

it is only one wire. The cylinder in the middle represents the wire. The power is unidirectional but the data is bi-directional. The diagram depicts both sender and receiver, or rather two transceivers.

P.S. Lid hinge? And was the laptop battery intact or no? when laptops catch fire it is because the lithium in the battery was exposed to air -- or because it was lit on fire. As a tech I'd definitely rule out the power and interface wires as the source without a probability of doubt, unless somehow you hooked them up to a neon sign transformer by accident. your power supply can't even power 1 slot in a four slot toaster.

Ummm, no, and...no. The 'wire' shown is a shielded cable with two insulated conductors within. (Hence, three wires.)
Second, have you forgotten Sony's, and most recently HP's, recalls? The videos of laptops bursting into flame? A battery pack contains a great deal of stored energy, and if shorted... Ask anyone who's dropped a wrench across a car battery.

Well it HAS to be at least 2 wires. I don't think its possible to transmit both the positive and negative voltages over the same wire.

Uh, IMHO, one (1) wire would do it if you used AC above approx. audio frequencies, relying on the case capacitance-to-ground of the two units as the return. Sadly, it would transmit too little power and emit too much interference...

lol I dunno where these three wires come from. The ground isn't necessarily a wire, it could be a metal jacket in a cable. One can play semantics all they like but does it really even matter where the ground comes from just as long as there is a ground--->hence capability to drive power and bi-directional signal down a single wire.

The assumption you guys a making is that it matters where the ground connection comes from (and the diagam slightly misrepresents that concept); put simply you could have a distinct ground at both locations and it would work just the same.

P.S. Lid hinge? And was the laptop battery intact or no? when laptops catch fire it is because the lithium in the battery was exposed to air -- or because it was lit on fire. As a tech...

Haha. The fact that I am a network tech is what contributed to the fire. I used to open and close my lid about 50 times a day. As someone else stated, yes, the screen power wires just shorted out. It was a very small fire, just a spot of light and plastic smoke. It was enough to get a completely new laptop, though. :)

"time division duplex and multiplex system" - sounds a whole lot like ADSL. Funny how analogue digital 'modems' just don't seem to want to go away.

The diagram is perfectly clear. It is showing a 3-wire, shielded pair, balanced signal system. The wires are plus, minus and shield (ground and it is considered a wire, if it wasn't it would be awful hard to connect to anything). The circuit shows a differential amp at both ends. This is standard noise canceling and has been around for many years. Professional audio uses balanced wiring (it needs 5 wires for 2-channel stereo). I don't see anything in that article resembling 1-wire.