Icron Technologies Corporation (operating under the stock symbol ‘IT’) has made its reputation by trailblazing groundbreaking USB extension and problem fixing for markets worldwide. The company’s extended range solution has increased the maximum range from five m to over two km. The company is affiliated with the USB Implementers Forum. Icron’s ExtremeUSB technology is the only extension technology that has satisfied the exacting criteria required by that community for product compliance screening. Due to the name value of many of the USB-IF’s members, such a commendation is synonymous with brilliance and innovation. It would not be out of place to discover an Icron product being employed for many different purposes. Most of Icron’s industry partners (including Count-Me-In LLC, IHSE GmbH and Prizm Advanced Communication Electronics) have all begun to utilize Icron’s ExtremeUSB extension technology, proving the true flexibility of the product. Icron speculates that the industrial as well as the commercial functions of USB will develop quickly if the technology can be made more available. Therefore, Icron has made its technology accessible for the OEM market in various different forms.

Take a look at the ExtremeUSB technology and see whether any of its configurations (developer kits or branded and private-label USB Extender products) appeal to you and your business. The Ranger and Rover devices can be re-branded if it is required. Icron’s product variants cater to wide-ranging connection and power supply preferences, extending various distances allowed by the common Fiber Optics. Recent progress has also been made in further developing ExtremeUSB uses in the form of the WiRanger Cable Free USB 2.0 hub. Most devices – at variance with the WiRanger – don’t supply a combined package with cable-free capacity and an incorporated industrial radio (802.11g). In the absence of wires, the set comes with a four-port hub together with a dongle. Icron anticipates that use of the WiRanger should be relatively smooth due to its easy install-and-run nature. Please do not however forget or ignore the capabilities of Icron’s other USB wares. As well as establishing the benchmark for USB technology, Icron’s peripherals are reinforced to resist damage of a physical and of an electrical nature. For Icron, USB research and development and advancement is a exemplary continued aspiration.