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How far away from a host can a peripheral be located?

April 26, 2017away host located peripheral

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How far away from a host can a peripheral be located?

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The maximum cable length is 5 meters. Anything longer starts to cause problems due to propagation delays. Even if you violated the spec, it literally wouldn’t get you very far. Assuming worst-case delay times, a full speed device at the bottom of 5 hubs and cables has a timeout margin of 280ps. Reducing this margin to 0ps would only give you an extra 5cm, which is hardly worth the trouble.