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How long (maximum length) can USB 2.0 signal travel using hubs?

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Mar 15, 202625012 views
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I know that the maximum distance USB 2.0 cable can be is 5mtrs. I'm not sure of the implementation using hubs and the length it can reach. Are there alternate methods of increasing the signal to reach longer distances, to defy the 5mtrs limit of data transfer?

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USB 2.0 cables are not limited by signal degradation, but rather by a maximum response time of 1500ns before the host will consider the command lost. Using longer cables is possible with extremely low resistance cables, but I don't know how one coul…

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