Just How Popular is USB?

The Universal Serial Bus has become the most successful computing interface of all time. With billions of ports in active use today, USB has become the de-facto peripheral computing interface. An ever growing array of consumer products and gadgets feature computing connectivity via USB; and its simple plug-and-play powered interface makes connecting everything from keyboards and mice to cell phones and hard drives simple and easy. It just works.

With over 2 Billion USB ports shipped to date and increasing penetration in the consumer electronics (CE) space, there is a growing demand from customers to move USB beyond the desktop and provide flexible bridging solutions for USB 2.0 devices.
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Partner Spotlight:
New InFocus DisplayLink™ Extenders

InFocus, the industry pioneer in digital projection technology recently chose Icron's USB extension technology to enhance consumer's connectivity options for InFocus' DisplayLink™ enabled projectors. DisplayLink™ is a key ease-of-use feature for InFocus projectors, allowing users to "plug and project" from their PC or MAC via a single USB cable in seconds, eliminating the need for toggling, bulky VGA cables or adaptors.

The new InFocus DisplayLink™ Extender modules allow InFocus' DisplayLink™ enabled projectors to be installed up to 328 ft (100m) from the PC or MAC computer source simplifying projector installations in auditoriums, classrooms and large meeting rooms.
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Application Spotlight:
Icron USB Extender Enables Radio
Astronomy Research

Volunteers at the Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium (SBRAC) have restored the D.S. Kennedy, a 60-foot dormant parabolic satellite dish by deploying Icron's USB Ranger® 2101 Extender to provide connectivity between the digital microwave receivers on the dish and the data collection computers located on the campus network 150 feet away.

"It was clear to me almost immediately that the USB Ranger 2101 product was exactly what our project was looking for," stated Marcus Leech, principal investigator, SBRAC. "If Icron's products didn't exist, we'd be looking at very expensive custom solutions," added Leech, "and by using their USB Ranger 2101 extender, we can easily connect to our microwave digital receivers making it possible for us to conduct radio astronomy research."
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