Maximum Cable Length vs. Data Rate

Posted by Will Dillingham on Aug 18, 2020 5:01:59 PM
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Purpose: To list out the different commonly used cables, and their corresponding maximum data rate given the length of the cable. These values are based off of estimated ideal conditions and should be interpreted with understanding that in real world applications results may vary.

Last Updated: February 2020

CAN Bus

Bit Rate Cable Length
3 Mbps 5 meters
1.5 Mbps 15 meters
1 Mbps 30 meters
800 kbps 50 meters
500 kbps 100 meters
250 kbps 250 meters

RS-232

Bit Rate Cable Length
921.5 kbps 2 meters
460.8 kbps 5 meters
230 kbps 12.5 meters
115.2 kbps 25 meters
57.6 kbps 50 meters
28.8 kbps 100 meters

RS-422

Data Rate Cable Length
3 Mbps 5 meters
1.5 Mbps 15 meters
1 Mbps 30 meters
800 kbps 50 meters
500 kbps 100 meters
250 kbps 250 meters

RS-485

Data Rate Cable Length
3 Gbps 5 meters
1 Gbps 10 meters
70 Mbps 50 meters
20 Mbps 100 meters
5 Mbps 200 meters
0.7 Mbps 500 meters

Ethernet (CAT5e)

Data Rate Cable Length
1.5 Gbps 5 meters
0.5 Gbps 10 meters
30 Mbps 50 meters
8 Mbps 100 meters
2 Mbps 200 meters
0.3 Mbps 500 meters

 

Topics: Data, Rate, Cable, Length


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