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 Conference rooms are usually built around one native conferencing platform (Microsoft Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms, or Google Meet) hosted by a dedicated Room PC or appliance.  The room's peripherals like video bars, cameras, and speakerphones are connected to that PC.  When a user…

In Pro AV, USB peripherals frequently need to be handed off between hosts. The common case is a BYOM room, where a guest laptop takes over the room's cameras and audio from the in-room PC. Acroname makes three USB host switchers for these applications. All three support automatic host-priority…

USB cameras, speakerphones, touch panels, and HID devices often need to be located farther from the host than a passive USB cable can reach. Acroname makes two extenders that carry USB and power over Category cable up to 100 m. Each is intended for different applications.R489 (left) vs USBExt3c (…

USB-C-Switch Pro is a managed USB-C path selector. It connects the Common channel to one of four Mux channels and appears to the attached host and device as a USB-C cable rather than a hub.With a normal USB-C cable, the devices on each end detect plug orientation and configure their internal muxes…

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…

Many Wi-Fi router and residential gateway makers are moving from dedicated DC wall warts to USB-C Power Delivery (PD) power supplies to increase interoperability and reduce e-waste. In the wall wart model, each device ships with its own power supply, usually with a captive cable. When the plug or…

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…

USB-C-Switch Pro can log and decode USB Power Delivery messages inline between a real source and sink. That makes it useful for debugging charging behavior, cable capabilities, and negotiated power contracts without changing the basic source-sink interaction.This walkthrough uses a 100 W USB-C…

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…