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If you're looking for a guide to power delivery connector types, look no further. We're going to take a deep dive into the world of USB power delivery and explore different types of connectors. Different USB PD applications have different needs, so a USB-C PD connector will look a lot different…

What's a USB device tree, and why is it important for conference room A/V? Understanding the USB Device Tree Acroname's ControlRoom web-based software works with our intelligent USB hubs to visualize the USB device tree of the host. USB has the concept of tiers: the host and root hub are on…

We've been following Jan Zoetemelk's YouTube channel, where he provides insightful demonstrations of the Poly A/V universe. Here, he showcases the practical application of our USBHub3p, facilitating seamless USB switching between Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) PCs and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)…

USB-C functional tests involve a lot of cable plugging and unplugging, connector flipping, and device swapping.  Acroname's USB-C-Switch handles those connections for you, providing control through our HubTool GUI application or BrainStem API, even remotely!For this article, we'll look at…

The problem with USB TESTING Suppose you’re a test engineer working on USB compliance testing.  You have a well-equipped lab with some high-end test equipment.  But you’d rather be in your office doing other work than in the lab plugging, unplugging, and flipping cables while…

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 Acroname's USBHub3c Pro plus the right add-on software features becomes a comprehensive USB power delivery (USB-PD) testing rig.  Build out your in-house USB-PD test lab and know what your devices are doing with complete control!  Interactively debug or automate USB-PD validation…

USB cables can be a huge headache. They're deceptively simple, with huge amounts of variation underneath the same broad categories — and that's not even touching on cables that are labeled incorrectly. We're going to look at some of the top USB cable blunders that test engineers make: mistakes can…

Looking for the best industrial USB hub can feel like a high-stakes proposition. You need equipment that can deliver the technical performance you need — sometimes under very challenging operating conditions. So how do you find the best USB hub? That's what we're going to look into today. USB hub…

Lumafield, experts in Industrial CT scanning, focus their X-ray vision on USB-C cables to show us what’s inside.  The resulting interactive 3-D scans are incredibly detailed, and it’s absolutely worth your time to click through to view the scans in their Voyager web application. They look at…