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Mobile device manufacturers and refurbishers often need to ship devices at a defined battery state of charge (SoC), not just “fully charged.” In IATA’s 2026 lithium battery guidance, 30% SoC is already required for lithium-ion batteries shipped on their own, now also applies to batteries packed…

One of the challenges of USB PD is that devices need to work correctly with any PD sources or sinks they might encounter.  We frequently see shipped products that don't follow PD negotiations correctly.  Testing your USB-powered device against a single charger is not enough!  One of…

USB-C-Switch Pro and USBExt3c support management over a local-link Ethernet connection. For direct Ethernet control, connect the Acroname device to a dedicated Ethernet interface on the control computer, assign that interface a manual 192.168.44.x address, and connect to the device at its fallback…

Not every USB-C test system needs multiple managed ports. Many manufacturing, validation and regression setups just need a single controlled USB-C link: one host, one device, with control over attach state, link behavior, power and recovery. USBHub3c is a good choice because it gives engineers…

How Twocanoes used Acroname’s raw API access to automate the "impossible" Mac DFU restore process.We recently sat down with Timothy Perfitt, founder of Twocanoes Software, to discuss how he built DFU Blaster — a tool for Mac Admins that automates the restoration of modern Macs. By combining his…

Preparing devices for shipment is more than boxing them up. Batteries must be at the correct state of charge, and data needs to be wiped and the OS needs to be restored.  Acroname’s USBHub3c can be used to control device provisioning and deployment, and specifically enables automated wipe-and-…

A New Law for a Common ChargerStarting December 28, 2024, the European Union will require that many consumer electronics — including phones, tablets, cameras, headphones, and handheld game consoles — use USB-C as the standard port for wired charging. Laptops will follow in spring 2026.This…

Cable length to industrial USB cameras is limited to 3-5 m for passive USB cables. The Acroname USBExt3c  extends that length to 100 m, delivering 5 Gbps USB and up to 60 W of remote power, RS-232, and GPIO all  over a single Cat 6A cable.  Extension is transparent to the camera and…

Even USB experts can get tripped up by USB cable names   Here's a frustrating example; imagine you are trying to choose among cables with the following descriptions:USB 3.0USB 3.1 Gen 1USB 3.2 Gen 1SuperSpeed USBUSB 5GbpsWhich one is the fastest?  Believe it or not, they all describe…

A new paradigm of testing created a low-maintenance, high-throughput, scalable automated test-system ABSTRACTAdoption and integration of USB-C chargers and hubs in automotive applications is driving a need for an updated approach to production tests due to USB-C’s connector density, high…