Icron Technologies Corporation
Using ExtremeUSB® technology, USB is no longer limited to the desktop range of 5 m/16 ft, but can be extended to cover an entire campus with a range up to 2 km/1.2 miles over UTP Cat5, Fiber or wirelessly via most RF technologies.
ExtremeUSB benefits:
- Only USB-IF compliant extension solution available today
- Fully Transparent — no drivers, setup or configuration necessary
- Plug and Play and hot swappable
- Support for USB 1.1 and 2.0 devices
- Extends USB up to 10km
- UTP (Cat5/6), Fiber and RF solutions available
ExtremeUSB can be used in most applications where USB devices are required to be more than 5 meters away from a host computer.
ExtremeUSB Technology allows connection over:
Copper cables
up to 100m over CAT5
Optical fibres
up to 2km over multimode optical fibres
Radio
distance depends on the transmission standard, e.g. 802.11A/B/G
For universal application we offer products in different types of construction:
- Box Products
In a housing, with USB sockets ready to start in office, lab or control cabinet
- Board Products
PCBs, with USB sockets for integration into own designed enclosure or assembly
- Core Products / Development Boards
With or without PHY, enable own designs to easily adapt to ExtremeUSB technology
