The USB 3.0 Hub Collection · 2026

Ten devices.
One signal path.
Zero compromise.

A purpose-built family of USB 3.0 industrial hubs — from four-port workstation companions to ten-port machine-vision anchors. Every port delivers the full 5 Gbps, and every hub is engineered to run 24/7.

5 Gbps
Per Port
10×
Faster than USB 2.0
2.4 A
High-Power Output
7 × 24
Duty Cycle
USB 3.0 industrial hub lineup
01 — The Baseline

Why USB 3.0 is not a nice-to-have.
It is the floor.

Industrial cameras stream uncompressed 1080p at 60 fps — around 3 Gbps of sustained bandwidth. 3D scanners push live point clouds at 2 Gbps. USB 2.0 caps out at 480 Mbps. There is no negotiation, no compromise setting. You either move the data or you don't.

5Gbps
Full USB 3.0 bandwidth per port — over 10× the raw throughput of USB 2.0. Enough headroom for machine vision, 3D scanning and multi-sensor capture running in parallel.
900mA
Per-port current delivery. Nearly double USB 2.0's 500 mA — the difference between a stable camera link and a device that drops mid-inspection.
4devices
A single USB 3.0 backbone comfortably drives three to four high-speed devices at full utilisation. On USB 2.0, the same load collapses to 120 Mbps each.

USB 2.0 · Legacy

480 Mbps shared.
500 mA per port.

Four industrial cameras on a USB 2.0 hub each fight for a 120 Mbps slice. High-power sensors brown-out on startup. Drop-outs become the default state.

USB 3.0 · Industrial

5 Gbps per link.
Up to 2.4 A per port.

The same four cameras run at full frame rate simultaneously. LiDAR, high-power SSD arrays and depth sensors boot without a voltage sag. This is the working configuration.

02 — Industrial Automation

Purpose-built
for the factory floor.

Metal enclosures. 12 V industrial power. Screw-down mounts. Every hub in the automation range is designed to sit inside a control cabinet, on a robot flange or beside a servo drive — and just work, quietly, for years.

AX-143 · 4-Port Compact

The compact standard.
A four-port USB 3.0 industrial hub, sized to disappear inside your machine.

AX-143 is the quiet workhorse of a machine-vision cell. Four ports of full 5 Gbps bandwidth is enough headroom to run an industrial camera, a lighting controller and a frame-grabber in parallel — no bottleneck, no drop-outs.

Independent 12 V input decouples the hub from the host's USB power budget. An extruded aluminium shell handles heat and EMC shielding in the same part. Small enough to sit inside a control box, tough enough to stay there.

Ports
4 × USB 3.0
Bandwidth
5 Gbps
Power
12 V DC
Chassis
Aluminium
AX-143 4-port USB 3.0 industrial hub
A-4U30 · High-Current 4-Port

Four ports.
2.4 amps each.
Built for the devices that spike hard at power-up.

Industrial cameras, 3D depth sensors and SSD arrays pull heavy inrush current the moment they boot. A one-amp-per-port hub sags under that load — devices drop, the OS never enumerates them, the line stops.

A-4U30 delivers up to 2.4 A on every port, with more than enough overhead to keep power-hungry USB 3.0 peripherals stable through cold starts and sustained duty cycles. Full metal chassis stays under 55 °C at full load. Screw-mount holes let you fix it to a robot flange, an AGV chassis or a cabinet wall.

Ports
4 × USB 3.0
Per-Port Current
2.4 A
Mounting
Screw-fix
Thermal
< 55 °C
A-4U30 high-current 4-port USB 3.0 hub
The choice between AX-143 and A-4U30 is not about ports.
It's about what those ports have to carry.
— Engineering Note
03 — Machine Vision

Seven, then ten.
Every camera on-line.

When one workstation runs six cameras, two lighting controllers, a barcode reader and a PLC link, port count is not a spec sheet number. It's what decides whether the whole cell fits on a single hub or splinters across three.

A-173 · 7-Port Mid-Scale

Seven ports.
The automation sweet spot.
Four cameras, two lighting controllers, one PLC link — on a single hub.

A-173 is sized for the way real automation stations look: four industrial cameras plus two lighting controllers plus a PLC channel, or six sensors plus a barcode reader. Four ports is one short, ten ports is wasted metal — seven is the configuration that fits.

The heavy metal shell suppresses interference from nearby VFDs and servo drives, and the mounting flanges let you fix it to a cabinet wall, a workstation underside or a machine sub-plate without a bracket.

Ports
7 × USB 3.0
Power
12 V DC
Shielding
Full-Metal EMC
Mount
Screw-fix
A-173 7-port USB 3.0 industrial hub
A-103 · 10-Port Vision Anchor

Ten ports.
One AOI station.
The reference configuration for optical inspection cells.

A-103 was engineered around a specific customer: the AOI line. Six industrial cameras across multiple angles, two lighting controllers, one barcode reader, one PLC channel — all consolidated onto one hub, on one 12 V rail, behind one 2 mm shielded chassis.

Verified in high-EMI environments with zero communication errors. Rated to run six to eight industrial cameras concurrently at typical 5–8 W loads. Fit for AOI, 3D scanning, motion analysis and vision-guided assembly.

Ports
10 × USB 3.0
Shielding
2 mm Metal
Concurrent Load
6–8 Cameras
Application
AOI · 3D · Vision
A-103 10-port machine vision USB 3.0 hub
FD-503 · 10-Port Universal

Ten ports.
Cabinet or desktop.
The same density, made flexible.

FD-503 shares the port count of the A-103 but a different intent. Ports are laid out in a single row for direct, hands-on plug and unplug — the layout an R&D engineer wants when a bench has six probes, three programmers and a rotating set of DUTs.

Integrate it inside an automation enclosure, or leave it on a desk. 12 V input and metal chassis handle either environment without compromise.

Ports
10 × USB 3.0
Layout
Single Row
Power
12 V DC
Use Case
Bench · Cabinet
FD-503 10-port universal USB 3.0 hub
04 — Portable Workflows

No adapter.
No wall socket.
Just work.

For the laptop that follows an engineer between labs, between cities, between customers. Bus-powered, four ports of USB 3.0, and small enough that it lives in the same sleeve as the machine it extends.

FS-4A30H2 · Bus-Powered Portable

Plug in.
That's the setup.
Four USB 3.0 ports, drawn entirely from the host — no adapter, no cable spaghetti.

FS-4A30H2 is engineered for the mobile case: the laptop-first engineer, the on-site test rig, the temporary bench where a wall socket is a luxury. A single Type-A upstream cable carries both data and power to four downstream 5 Gbps ports.

The everyday configuration writes itself — flash drive, mouse, keyboard, portable SSD — and the whole thing fits in a jacket pocket. When the laptop moves, the hub moves with it.

Ports
4 × USB 3.0
Upstream
Type-A
Power
Bus-Powered
Format
Pocket-Sized
FS-4A30H2 bus-powered portable USB 3.0 hub
05 — Desktop, Refined

Anodised aluminium.
Per-port switches.
An object worth keeping on the desk.

Not every industrial-grade hub belongs inside a control box. Some belong right in front of you — where the material, the switch feel and the port geometry are just as much part of the product as the silicon inside.

FS-804 · Desktop, 4-Port A

Four ports.
Four switches.
Anodised aluminium, Type-C upstream, engineered for the workbench.

FS-804 replaces the industrial black brick with a matte-aluminium enclosure worth the space it occupies. Type-C upstream connects modern laptops and workstations without adapters; four Type-A ports handle daily peripherals.

Every port has its own hardware switch, so a scope, a logic analyser, a programmer and a flash drive can each be cut individually — no more repeatedly plugging and unplugging to reset the enumeration on one stubborn device.

Ports
4 × USB 3.0 A
Upstream
Type-C
Switching
Per-Port
Finish
Anodised Alu
FS-804 desktop 4-port USB 3.0 hub with per-port switches
FS-809 · Hybrid A + C

Four A. Three C.
Old and new, on one hub.
The mixed-fleet desk — without a drawer full of adapters.

FS-809 is the answer to the reality that no engineer's peripherals age together. Four Type-A ports serve legacy drives, keyboards and dongles. Three Type-C ports serve modern SSDs, cameras and tablets — no adapters, no signal loss.

Reversible Type-C insertion, per-port hardware switches, anodised chassis. Sized for a demo table, a maker workbench, or the desk of whichever engineer refuses to throw the old gear away.

Ports
4 A + 3 C
Switching
Per-Port
Power
12 V DC
Finish
Anodised Alu
FS-809 hybrid Type-A and Type-C USB 3.0 hub
06 — The Selector

Pick by role,
not by SKU.

AX-143
4-Port · Compact Industrial
AutomationLow-PowerMetal

Standard four-port workhorse. Best when the connected devices are keyboards, sensors, thumb drives — general-purpose loads inside a machine.

A-4U30
4-Port · High-Current
Automation2.4 A / PortScrew-Mount

Same port count as AX-143, but engineered for the power-hungry side of the shelf: cameras, SSD arrays, depth sensors, frame grabbers.

A-173
7-Port · Mid-Scale Cell
AutomationVisionEMC-Shielded

The seven-port sweet spot. Sized for one production workstation with multiple cameras plus lighting plus a PLC link, on a single hub.

A-103
10-Port · Vision Anchor
AOI2 mm Shield10-Port

Reference configuration for AOI cells. Six to eight cameras concurrently, on one shielded 12 V rail.

FD-503
10-Port · Universal
R&DBench10-Port

Same density as A-103, laid out flat for hands-on plug and unplug. Sits on a bench, or fits into an enclosure.

FS-4A30H2
4-Port · Bus-Powered
PortableNo AdapterPocket

The travel hub. Draws power from the host, plugs into any laptop, adds four full 5 Gbps ports on demand.

FS-804
4-Port · Desktop Refined
DesktopType-C InPer-Port Switch

Anodised aluminium, Type-C upstream, individual switches on every port. For engineers who care what sits on their desk.

FS-809
7-Port · Hybrid A + C
Desktop4 A + 3 CPer-Port Switch

Legacy Type-A meets modern Type-C on the same chassis. For the desk that has to serve both generations of gear.

Custom / OEM
Volume · Private Label · Firmware
Contact Sales

Port layouts, power budgets, connector orientation and firmware behaviour can be tailored for volume programs. Talk to us early — we design around your form factor.

07 — The Decision Path

The fastest way
to the right model.

By Environment
Automation & vision/ AX-143 · A-4U30 · A-173 · A-103 · FD-503
By Environment
Laptop, on the move/ FS-4A30H2
By Environment
Desktop, refined/ FS-804 · FS-809
By Port Count
4-port class/ AX-143 · A-4U30 · FS-4A30H2 · FS-804
By Port Count
7-port class/ A-173 · FS-809 (4A + 3C hybrid)
By Port Count
10-port class/ A-103 · FD-503
By Power
12 V independent supply/ AX-143 · A-4U30 · A-173 · A-103 · FD-503 · FS-804 · FS-809
By Power
Bus-powered, no adapter/ FS-4A30H2
By Feature
Per-port switching/ AX-143 · FS-804 · FS-809
By Feature
Type-C ports required/ FS-809

Choose by what your ports
actually have to carry.

Talk to our engineering team about your machine, your camera count and your power budget — we'll shortlist the exact model within one message.