Re:Logic board with 20 USB3 ports
by bayindirh on Monday September 21, 2020 @06:05AM
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On a second thought, this would be the dream industrial process, control or monitoring board.
A lot of monitoring hardware runs on legacy protocols (ModBUS comes to mind) which are encapsulated over and over newer protocols. I'm sure most of these controllers also come in USB flavors. Moreover, USB 3.0 is full duplex and supports more power than 2.0 This means better communication in real time monitoring applications using more complex controllers/adapters.
So, it may not be a speed-first but connectivity-first motherboard which is optimized for many small data bursts over many USB ports. Three displays will also help showing the information obtained from these devices in a nice videowall-ish view.
A lot of monitoring hardware runs on legacy protocols (ModBUS comes to mind) which are encapsulated over and over newer protocols. I'm sure most of these controllers also come in USB flavors. Moreover, USB 3.0 is full duplex and supports more power than 2.0 This means better communication in real time monitoring applications using more complex controllers/adapters.
So, it may not be a speed-first but connectivity-first motherboard which is optimized for many small data bursts over many USB ports. Three displays will also help showing the information obtained from these devices in a nice videowall-ish view.
Fun.