July 31, 2014

How to address USB distance limitation and equipment isolation in the medical industry

Today USB standard occupies a dominant position in the public and professional markets. USB is becoming a widespread standard for wired connectivity in the healthcare industry and is widely used to connect an extensive range of healthcare devices. It is fast, reliable, affordable, allows for the low power consumption and its “plug and play” feature makes it very suitable for the medical industry where device portability is essential.

In the healthcare environments medical professionals are often required to isolate medical equipment from the patient care area. There may be safety, security, privacy and/or other reasons to do so. Adnaco Extension systems (such as Acnaco-SU1 and Adnaco-S3B) provide a great solution for extending the distance between patient care area and the room where medical devices such as MRI, CT or X-ray scans are positioned.

Furthermore, in medical environments it is often required for the equipment to be electrically isolated, especially in cases where devices are connected directly to patients.

In other cases electromagnetic isolation may be required, since certain medical equipment uses radio frequency energy for diagnosis and treatment. Electromagnetic waves can cause medical devices to malfunction causing potentially dangerous situations. In addition, isolation helps to mitigate ground noise.

Also, some highly sensitive equipment such as MRI scanners should be positioned in Faraday cages such as MRI shielded rooms to protect against radio frequency interference. Otherwise signals that originate from the patient would be overpowered by other signals.

Adnaco USB 3.0 extension systems provide simple and affordable solutions for extending the distance between computers and medical devices as well as isolating medical devices where required.

Adnaco-SU1 USB 3.0 extension system is capable of extending the cable at the distances of up to 100 meters, whereas Adnaco-S3B is capable of supporting the distance extension of up to several kilometers. Both extension systems offer optical and electrical isolation that is so essential in the medical field where highly sensitive equipment is often used.

Both systems Adnaco-SU1 and Adnaco-S3B support full range of protocols including Super-Speed, High-Speed, Full-Speed and Low-Speed (USB 3.0/2.0/1.1/1.0) on the remote end. Adnaco-SU1 utilizes only Super-Speed protocol from the USB 3.0 port on the computer side and has one port on the remote end, whereas Adnaco-S3B requires PCI express port on the computer side and has two ports on the remote side.

Adnaco-SU1 supports hot plug-and-play functionality on both ends, whereas Adnaco-S3B supports hot plug and play on the USB side only.

You can view Adnaco-SU1 data sheet here and purchase the product here.

You can view Adnaco-S3B data sheet here and purchase the product here

July 03, 2014

How to address USB distance limitation in the surveillance equipment industry (USB3 Vision)

 New USB3 Vision standard that was introduced in January, 2013 offers significant advantages to its users including: significantly lower power consumption, affordability, higher throughput and bandwidth allowing for higher quality picture etc. to other interfaces. Here are some key characteristics of USB 3.0 interface compared

Table 1

Source: http://www.visionchinashow.net/upload/20137291459431936396373.pdf

However with all this new benefits offered to the users, the USB3 Vision has one substantial flaw – the distance limitation.

As can be seen from the Table 1 above even though USB 3.0 is 10 times faster than USB 2.0, it has a distance constraint of about 3 meters.

There are certain cases where you may need to extend the distance between the computer system and the camera. For example, while using monitoring systems in the industrial processes such as chemical, nuclear and other spheres under conditions dangerous for humans, surveillance as well as face recognition systems at the airports and casinos, control of retail systems at the banks, supermarkets and convenience stores etc.

In these cases the USB 3.0 extension (repeater) system such as Adnaco-SU1 system can be used.

Adnaco-SU1 is a simple and affordable solution for extending the cable distance between the computers and the devices (such as cameras) at the distances of up to 100 meters.

The Adnaco-SU1 is the USB 3.0 fiber optic extension system which can operate at distances up to 100 m from the location of your computer. Adnaco-SU1 is backward compatible with USB 2.0/1.1/1.0 devices.

Adnaco-SU1 utilizes only Super-Speed protocol from the USB 3.0 port and using transaction translator (Adnaco-UT1) converts Super-Speed protocol and related signals into full range of supported protocols including Super-Speed, High-Speed, Full-Speed and Low-Speed (USB 3.0/2.0/1.1/1.0).

Adnaco-SU1 supports hot plug-and-play functionality and works with all USB systems and peripherals and does not require any additional software. The system also offers optical and electrical isolation that may be required for highly sensitive equipment.

You can view Adnaco-SU1 data sheet here and purchase the product here.

June 06, 2014

Adnaco-SU1 USB 3.0 Fiber Optic Extension System

Bellingham, WA June 10, 2014 – Adnaco Technology Inc. in partnership with EverPro Technologies Company LTD has introduced Adnaco-SU1 USB 3.0 Fiber Optic Extension System which can handle Super-Speed (5.0 Gbit/s) communication at distances up to 100 meters from the location of your computer.

Adnaco-SU1 USB 3.0 Fiber Optic Extension System is backward compatible with USB 2.0/1.1/1.0 devices. Adnaco-SU1 utilizes Super-Speed protocol from the USB 3.0 port of your computer and using transaction translator (Adnaco-UT1) converts Super-Speed protocol and related signals into full range of USB supported protocols including Super-Speed, High Speed, Full-Speed and Low-Speed (USB 3.0/2.0/1.1/1.0). Adnaco-SU1 system was successfully tested with the most popular USB host controllers such as Renesas (formerly NEC), Texas Instruments and Intel (located on main boards).

Adnaco-SU1 USB 3.0 Fiber Optic Extension System is now available for sale through Adnaco Store (www.adnaco.biz)

Adnaco-SU1 typical applications include optical and galvanic isolation of USB devices as well as the signal transmission extension of USB device including USB 3.0 hubs, video cameras, computer monitors (using USB HDMI converter), audio equipment, point-of-sale systems, remote medical console etc.

Adnaco-SU1 USB 3.0 Fiber Optic Extension System includes Adnaco-UF1 USB 3.0 active fiber optic cable and Adnaco-UT1 transactions translator with power supply. Adnaco-UF1 USB 3.0 active fiber optic cable is currently available in lengths of 10, 30, 50 and 100 meters.

EverPro Technologies Company LTD (www.everprotech.com) is the world's leading research and development, production and consulting center of optical fiber cable products and manufacturing equipment.