HDBaseT Alliance will be standardising the long-reach extension of USB 3.2 connectivity. The pioneering effort will address critical industry challenges by providing a professional-grade replacement to existing extension solutions that fall short with respect to cost, power consumption, distance, field-termination, stability and support for all USB 3.2 data transfer types.

“What HDBaseT did for HDMI extension, we are now poised to replicate for USB 3.2. We are proud to offer a reliable and Professional-Grade extension standard with unparalleled performance and flexibility,” HDBaseT Alliance president Effi Goldstein says.

“USB 3.2 has rapidly become the go-to interface for devices commonly used in video conferencing as well as in the medical and industrial fields as evidenced by the proliferation of cameras and other USB-based peripherals that up until now required costly, inflexible, proprietary external FPGA or fibre-based solutions to extend them.”

Ensuring high performance and reliable connectivity for up to 100m over standard, field-terminated, Category cable, at a significantly lower power, size and cost, the latest HDBaseT-USB3 standard is set to be implemented as an ASIC solution in the near future and will empower AV manufacturers for the first time ever to natively embed long-reach USB 3.2 and power extension into their products.

The HDBaseT Alliance is gearing up to unveil the first demonstrations leveraging this innovative standard at the upcoming Integrated Systems Europe 2024 event in Barcelona, marking yet another significant milestone in the world of professional AV connectivity.