How can you automate your warehouses? Should you automate your manufacturing? This article is an extension of our Hokuyo and Yujin post, and goes into more depth about warehouse automation.
Let's address the elephant in the room. Are robots going to steal human jobs? No. In fact, many manufacturing and warehouse managers are "employing" robots to improve human employee retention.
The specter of ransomware lockers haunts every organization — and the fear is justified.
Ransomware is worse than malware: systems and data are all locked up, and backups are all encrypted, too. Everything connected to the physical machines or connected to the Internet gets locked down.
Your organization stops operating. Nothing can move forward. Ransoms must be paid, and trust in your organization and systems is lost forever.
The USBHub3c is designed specifically for mobile device test labs, USB-PD validation testing, USB-C device production testing, end-of-line battery charge, and for testing dual role data (DRD) and dual role power (DRP) devices. Fully programmable, engineers can control USB-PD parameters, connectivity options, real-time measurements, and data.
United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently announced that ransomware attacks "are here to stay."
Yeah, we know. That's why we've told anyone who will listen that organizations need offline backups of their systems and data using a superior, industrial, and programmable USB hub. Rotating offline onsite backups will save your backside in today’s cyberattack-happy world.
The next-generation circuitry in today’s consumer and industrial electronics is smaller, faster, better. Consumers love the innovations. But test engineers are not as enthusiastic. Because that innovation comes with a striking downside: increased susceptibility to electrostatic discharge.
If the USB devices you’re using aren’t built for rugged environments, a catastrophic failure could — and probably will — happen. You’ll have to tell the C-Suite that all your electronic components fried because your ESD mitigations failed.
Often a simple USB switch with a physical button is used to switch USB devices between two different host computers. In many cases it would be nice to execute the host switch without physically pushing a button on the device. The Acroname Programmable USBHub2x4 hub allows a user to switch hosts programmatically without pushing a button.
The need for USB-C and power delivery ports in automobiles is speeding up, and the auto industry is adapting to the new demands. As the engineer in charge of testing, you’ll need to up your automated validation testing game.
Customers often ask how many Acroname USBHub3+ hubs can be daisy-chained.
The answer is pretty simple: four.
However, getting there requires some understanding of the USB specification and the internal topology of Acroname hubs. Also, by following our suggested configuration, customers can maximize access to one of the most useful features of Acroname products: fully programmable USB ports.
Acroname's hubs are a robust hardware solution to many common usb related tasks: remotely simulating a manual plug-cycle, charging (or not charging) batteries on connected devices, and switching control between two host computers.
When it comes to advanced and cost sensitive electronic products, it remains vital to accurately test these devices during manufacturing and assembly to make sure they provide what the consumer expects and that each and every feature works how it should, right out of the box. The last thing a company needs is for faulty product to reach the hands of hard-won customers. Having disappointed consumers and managing recall related expenses are important problems to be avoided. But at what cost?