USB HUB and USB Docking Station difference and FAQ?

Difference between USB HUB and USB Docking Station
　　USB HUB, also known as USB hub, refers to the expansion of multiple USB ports from one USB port. This thing is very common, there are a lot of them on the market, and they are also very cheap.
　　USB docking station, also known as port duplicator, is a device that extends other interfaces from a USB port (e.g. like audio in/out interface, video out interface, Bluetooth, COM or LPT interface, card reader, network card, power adapter, printer and more interfaces). But this kind of thing is relatively rare and not cheap (hundreds or even thousands, equivalent to the USB sound card, USB network card, USB external graphics card, card reader, USB HUB and other various devices integrated into one), and only after the emergence of USB3.0 only a small number of products (USB2.0 is also available, but even rarer, more often 2 USB turn out card reader, Bluetooth and a few (additional USB ports, as USB2.0 bandwidth and power supply are more of a problem). So the difference is that USB docking stations can be extended with other interfaces besides USB, while USB hubs can only be extended with USB ports.
USB Docking Station
 
　　After two generations of development, the USB docking station has finally gotten rid of the embarrassment of being a "chicken and egg" and started to bring a smooth experience for users. Although there is still a gap between the traditional docking station in terms of expandability and professionalism, it has become very powerful in terms of usability and ease of use. In this era of time is money and efficiency is life, an easy-to-use USB docking station can undoubtedly save users more valuable time and space. Indeed, many people are now using the usb hub, sometimes laptops will feel that the usb port is not enough, keyboard and mouse u disk, if a subwoofer or something, tsk. Likewise, usb port is not enough, some other ports will certainly have not enough time, usb port you can also settle for, because after all, the general notebook has about 3, but the video, audio output, what if my notebook does not have some kind of interface, do I can not use this corresponding function? If I use more than one interface is not particularly much, but just to use, then I do not have to buy many kinds of corresponding adapter cable? Think about the trouble, this time the usb docking station usefulness will come into play
 
 
1、Heat
USB Hub docking station will heat up, the difference is the level of heat.
According to the results of the previous cross-evaluation test, we concluded a rule: small size (such as five-in-one docking station) docking station because of the limited heat dissipation area, the heat will be serious, the highest heat can reach more than 50 degrees; volume (ten-in-one docking station) docking station, large heat dissipation area, heat temperature is generally lower, the temperature is stable at less than 50 degrees. Docking station manufacturers in the heat reference standard is GB4943.1-2011 (a short time to hold the metal material temperature can not exceed 60 degrees), from the results of our tests, regardless of the size, the docking station heat is generally between 45 degrees -55 degrees, are in line with this standard. If you are worried about the heat of the docking station, it is best to use the cable directly connected. In addition, it is recommended not to charge the laptop through the type-c docking station, because one will increase the heat, and the other will increase the risk.
 
2, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth interference
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth disconnection problem cause, because the docking station signal shielding is not done. This kind of problem mainly appears in small and medium brands of domestic docking stations, because these docking stations are basically not doing signal shielding. Take the best signal shielding Apple converter to take an example, Apple the converter PCB board with metal shielding layer 360 degrees without dead ends the entire package, thus avoiding the problem of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference. The domestic small and medium-sized brands are not taking signal shielding seriously, basically no signal shielding measures, so the use of the process of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth disconnection is a common occurrence.

3, burn the motherboard
From the exchange of information on various websites, the problem of burning the motherboard basically have through the USB docking station to charge the laptop.
How to minimize the probability of burning the motherboard? First of all, avoid poor quality docking station, followed by do not charge the laptop through the USB docking station, charging is best plugged directly.