The editors at Electronic Design had never seen a programmable USB hub before, so we sent one of the Acroname USBHub3+ units to them for evaluation. The team at ED mentioned how simple USBHub3+ is to use and particularly how it would enhance USB product testing or manufacturing environments.
Come take a look at their detailed review here:
http://electronicdesign.com/embedded/usb-3-hub-handles-production-chores
Come take a look at what customers are saying about Acroname's USBHub3+.
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For everyday use — like connecting a mouse or webcam to your laptop — an inexpensive USB hub with enough ports will get the job done. However, in production or test environments, robustness and reliability are paramount. Chasing bugs inherent in inexpensive USB hubs is distracting and time-consuming, and failed processes can shut down lines or negatively impact your product quality. Even worse, a cheap hub may be able to damage your critical production systems.
In this week's video we answered the popular question of: "Can I connect more than one USBHub2x4/BrainStem device to my computer?". Not only did we prove that the answer is yes, but we also wanted to see exactly how many devices we could connect using our programmable USB hubs. In addition, we also discussed a few methods for dealing with multiple devices using our C++ and Python API's.
Acroname, developer and distributor of expandable hardware and software products for embedded robotic, automation, control systems and manufacturing testing, has unveiled the first fully programmable USB hub for automated regression testing, manufacturing test and measurement.