What are the Different Types of Laptop Docking Stations?

Docking station (Docking station), also known as Port Replicator, is an external device designed for laptop computers. By duplicating or even expanding the port of a notebook computer, the notebook computer can be conveniently one-stop connected with multiple accessories or external devices such as power adapters, network cables, mice, external keyboards, printers, and external displays.

Docking station

Docking station, also known as Port Replicator, is designed for

Products like the ThinkPad docking station are well known, but there are some docking stations that can provide more powerful bus expansion, such as PCI (32-bit and 64-bit PCI and PCI-X) and PCIe bus expansion. Notebook users can also use PCI and PCIe devices. Greatly facilitates industrial mobile computing users, especially measurement and control instruments in the field.

The notebook PCI docking station can connect a PCI card (full-length card or standard half-length card) to a notebook computer through PCMICA Cardbus or ExpressCard / 54 adapter card or ExpressCard / 34 adapter card to realize portable applications of PCI devices.

Features of notebook PCI docking station:

1.Can use the speed of PCI card in laptops without attenuation

2.Can insert half-length card and full-length card

3. Different models can insert 1, 2, 4, or more PCI cards

Features of notebook PCI docking station:

1. Small size, light and easy to carry

2. Good compatibility, suitable for most laptops and PCI devices

3. There is no attenuation in transmission speed, especially suitable for occasions with a large amount of data communication

4. All-aluminum housing, good heat dissipation performance

5. American original production, stable and reliable quality

6. Installation and use only need the following three steps, the process is very simple

Installation and use of notebook PCI docking station

The most prominent feature of the notebook is that it is ultra-thin and thin compared to desktop computers, which greatly enhances the mobile office of the notebook, but it also brings some problems: because the body is too light, it cannot be placed in the office stably On the desk, the laptop will be easily collided, changing the original placement position; the fuselage has fewer ports, which cannot meet daily applications; the bottom of the fuselage is closely attached to the desktop, so that it has severe heat dissipation pressure. The notebook is even worse. These issues are being looked at by laptop manufacturers, so laptop peripherals have emerged

Docking port expansion

Rich extension functions The best use of mini docks is port expansion. As we all know, due to the size limitation of notebook computers, both the number and type of ports are much less than desktop computers, and sometimes it is difficult to meet the needs of users. The mini dock provides a variety of port expansion, just like a laptop with three heads and six arms. Most of the ports are not found on the laptop itself, such as serial ports, PS / 2, DVI, IBM-specific floppy drive ports, etc .; some are more than the laptop body, such as USB ports. These numerous ports enable the notebook computer to connect more peripherals at the same time, improve the performance of the entire notebook computer and help improve work efficiency.

Dock anti-theft function

Anti-theft function Compared with ordinary expansion devices, the mini dock also has an additional anti-theft function. On the right side of the mini dock, there is a keyhole with a key inserted. When the laptop is loaded on the mini dock, the user only needs to turn the key clockwise from the original vertical direction to the horizontal direction, and the laptop is locked on the mini dock. Since the mini dock has a weight of 1 kg, and the weight of the mini dock is more than 3 kg after being locked, it is difficult to steal.

Easy docking cable

Just connect all the peripherals and cables needed for office work to the mini dock at one time. You only need to connect your laptop to the mini dock when you go to work, and you don't need to connect the individual cables to the laptop anymore. It's also convenient when you're off work-just press the release button on the mini dock to detach the laptop from the mini dock.

Dock cooling

When you connect a laptop computer to the mini dock, a side observation will reveal that the laptop computer forms an angle with the desktop at this timethe space between the body and the desktop is relatively large, which helps the laptop to dissipate heat in summer. Owning a mini dock can save money on the purchase of a cooling base and help reduce overall costs.

Docking station protects hands health

When using a laptop, the built-in keyboard is parallel to the desktop. If the "keys" fly on the keyboard for a long time, the health of the wrist will be very worrying, and severe cases will also suffer from occupational diseases. This is not alarmist. Health institutions overseas have already issued such occupational disease warnings. After connecting the laptop to the mini dock, the keyboard will form an angle of about 30 ° with the desktop, which is similar to the angle of the desktop keyboard design. The keyboard forms an angle that tilts back slightly, which can greatly reduce the pressure on the wrist and arm of long-term keystrokes, which is beneficial to the physical and mental health of the user and avoids the occurrence of occupational diseases. ^[1]