B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company today released its iMcV-Giga FiberLinX-III gigabit intelligent Ethernet media converter. This highly anticipated third generation of the company’s successful FiberLinX family is a 10/100/1000Mbps copper to 1000Mbps fiber device, converting existing copper wiring-based networks to fiber optics.

B&B Electronics Manufacturing today expanded its family of industrial-grade USB 2.0 hubs with the UH104, an affordable, four-port mini USB hub used to connect multiple peripheral devices to a single USB port.

B&B Electronics announce an expansion of its family of serial isolators and repeaters with the 485OPDR-HS high speed, isolated repeater. Developed for use in high speed fieldbus systems like Profibus, as well as Modbus and other asynchronous serial applications, the 485OPDR-HS extends and protects RS-422 or RS-485 serial networks at speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps and ranges of up to 4000 feet (1.2 km), depending upon the data rate.

B&B Electronics has expanded its family of USB isolators with the small-form-factor UH201 USB Port Guardian. Designed with field technicians in mind, the compact UH201 USB Port Guardian protects PCs, laptops, and netbooks from the surges, spikes, electrostatic discharges, and ground loops that can occur when connecting such portable devices to equipment in the field.

Serial interconnect isn’t dead; manufacturers, suppliers and integrators of M2M equipment — as well as their customers — have a continuing need for serial communications. So what can they do about the growing communications gap? By Andrew C. Ross.

B&B Electronics Europe, experts in rugged wireless and wired M2M connectivity solutions, has provided an extensive fibre, cellular and wireless communications network for the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Grand Finale, the nine-day festival built around the final leg and finish line of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 in Galway, Ireland, June 30 – July 8.

B&B Electronics Europe, experts in rugged wireless and wired M2M connectivity solutions, has provided an extensive fibre, cellular and wireless communications network for the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Grand Finale (http://www.volvooceanracegalway.ie/), the nine-day festival built around the final leg and finish line of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 in Galway, Ireland, June 30 – July 8.

B&B Electronics Ltd. has expanded its family of USB isolators. Designed to isolate and protect connected equipment from surges, spikes and electrostatic discharges carried on USB cable, the new one-port Ulinx UHR401 and two-port Ulinx UHR402 USB isolators also protect themselves by virtue of their rugged construction.