Analog Mini-Phone (Headphone Cable) Found on most every portable device that outputs analog audio, the 3.5mm mini-phone socket (left) is just a small hole. In 2016, Apple was the first to eliminate this ubiquitous connection (see iPhone 7). ...
Shielded and Unshielded Twisted Pairs ScTP (screened twisted pair), also called "foil twisted pair" (FTP), uses one overall shield for more protection than UTP but not as much as STP, which has shields around each wire pair. For an actual example of STP vs. UTP, see cable categories. ...
demanding testing scenarios (see Supplementary Movie 1), the shielded sensors show negligible change in readout noise (standard deviation over 20 s of measurement), as opposed to unshielded sensors where the noise is order of magnitude larger than the signal, e.g., ± 0.10 fF versus ±...