preface
A good-use docking station What interfaces do you think to include? Network port, headphone hole, charging port, expansion interface is of course a docking station should be the proper meaning, but what about storage? ACASIS, a well-known storage accessory peripheral brand, combined its own advantages in storage and launched the M.2 docking hard disk enclosure.
In short, the interface gives you everything you need. Whether it is a notebook or a desktop, or even a mobile phone, iPad can be compatible, let's see how strong it is, whether it can take into account the expansion of the interface and storage of the two jobs.
Product introduction
The front of the package is the product interface specification, and the ten-in-one is actually functionally full.
The package contains the docking station body, data cable and instruction manual.
This time, it is black, and the rest are silver and gray, and there are three colors to choose from. The docking station shell is made of frosted aluminum alloy material, which accelerates the heat dissipation and is also more robust, and the small size is not much larger than the ordinary SSD hard disk box.
The two USB-A ports on the front are USB3.1 and USB3.0 specifications, and the rest are SD/TF card slots, 3.5mm headphone jacks, and USB-C ports.
There is a Gigabit Ethernet port and HDMI interface on the side, which supports the maximum 4K video expansion capability. At the same time, a notch is reserved to facilitate the opening of the SSD cover.
On the other side are two USB-C interfaces for connecting the charger and the PC, so that the expansion while charging will not occupy additional interfaces, which is more convenient to use.
The bottom of the docking station has non-slip mats and parametric inscriptions, and this product is model CM073.
SSD cover plate using a quick release design, from the side notch a buckle can be opened, the card slot supports four lengths of SSD, and NVMe, SATA two protocols, the new and old SSDs have a good compatibility, although and the docking station together, is still a full blood version.
And comes with rubber nails and heat dissipation pads, the whole process of replacing the SSD does not require the use of a screwdriver, which is quite convenient.
The length of the docking station is about 113.03mm.
The width is approximately 56.51mm.
The height is approximately 18.35mm.
The size of the hand is moderate, and it does not feel cumbersome to carry out the door at all.
Side height contrast with one dollar coin.
The unit weight of the docking station is about 142.9g.
The included C2C short line, the terminals are one-piece injection molded and printed with the Acacias logo.
Measuring its chip information using the POWER-Z KM002C, this data cable has a built-in E-Marker chip that supports 100W fast charging with a USB3.1 10Gbps transmission specification.
The length of the data cable is approximately 30.5cm.
Such an aluminum lump, whether it is injured in the bag to other equipment, or a hand slip and fall, is quite worrying, fortunately, Acarsis is a very worried manufacturer, with a silicone protective cover.
After installing it, replacing the SSD needs to remove the protective cover first, and other functions are not affected, so everyone uses it as appropriate.
Laptop interface expansion
If the docking station is used independently, it cannot reflect its value, and only with hardware can it be used to maximize its use.
For Akasis's docking station, the most suitable is to use it with hardware devices with few interfaces (sorry, I have to take out the Apple notebook again). Although the latest MacBook Pro already has HDMI and other interfaces, it is still a bit stretched, not to mention the MacBook computer with only a USB-C interface in advance, so for Apple notebooks, the docking station is essential.
Fast charging
Back to the specific question, what can Akasis's docking station do? First of all, the nature is fast charging, as mentioned earlier, there are 2 USB-C interfaces on the side of the docking station, one for connecting the hardware and one for connecting the charger. The picture above constitutes charging a notebook through a docking station.
The size of the charging power is determined by the power of the external charger, and the charging power for the MacBook Pro 16 can reach about 75W. The charging interface on the docking station can alleviate the situation that the notebook interface is small, and if the laptop has additional power supply interface, it can bypass the docking station to directly connect the laptop to charge.
Data transmission
This docking station of Akasis has a very rich interface that can be used to connect a variety of different peripherals, such as the USB-A interface can be used to connect to usb sticks and other devices.
The measured write speed is about 965.9MB/s, and the read speed is about 930.1MB/s, which meets the data transfer speed standard of USB3.1.
You can also connect directly to an SD card.
The measured write speed is about 73.6MB/s and the read speed is about 90.4MB/s.
External storage devices such as hard disk enclosures can be connected with C2C data cables.
The measured write speed is about 967.5MB/s, the read speed is about 931.6MB/s, and USB-C supports the USB3.1 data transfer speed standard.
The enclosure can also be connected with an A2C data cable.
The measured write speed is about 434.7MB/s, the read speed is about 418.2MB/s, and a usb-A supports usb 3.0 data transfer speed standard.
The network cable is online
I have seen countless times in the background of the charging head network evaluation room that readers want a docking station with a network port, and it is very good that this product of Acarsis comes with a network port. Direct-connect network cables enable lower network speed latency while also being less susceptible to interference.
For users who use laptops, it seems impossible to directly use the notebook network cable, after all, the number of network ports appearing on the notebook is getting less and less. Now you can connect to your network cable with this docking station from Acarsis.
Video expansion
In addition to the network cable interface and many interfaces for transmitting data, the Akasis docking station also comes with an HDMI interface, which can be used to connect monitors and so on.
After successfully connecting the external display, the resolution of the display is 2160P, which is the resolution of 4K.
However, the USB-C interface on the top of the docking station does not support data transfer.
External storage
In addition to the docking station, this product is also a hard disk enclosure, with a built-in NVMe hard disk slot, support for M.2 NVMe and M.2 SATA transfer protocols, and can support 2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280 SSDs with the help of the included glue nails.
The number above represents the size of the SSD, for example, 2280 represents the width of the SSD is 22mm and the length is 80mm.
Once the drive is installed, the attached thermally conductive silicone cover is added to complete the installation, and it is now a multifunctional docking station with built-in storage.
Once installed, the hard disk inside the enclosure can be read directly from the notebook.
The measured write speed is about 962.4MB/s, the read speed is about 933.5MB/s, and the built-in SSD slot supports USB3.1 data transfer speed.
A wide range of application scenarios
Acarsis's docking station supports fast charging, data transfer, network cable connection, video expansion, and a built-in SSD slot, so it's no exaggeration to say that it's versatile.
The first choice is naturally a laptop, with the help of the docking station can achieve multiple external devices, no longer have to worry about encountering the embarrassing dilemma of insufficient interface and mismatched interface.
If the hard disk capacity of the laptop is not enough, do not worry, you can directly put the hard disk in the docking station as external storage.
In addition to notebooks, Acarsis's docking station can also be used with iPad, with iPadOS software ecology and many peripherals, some simple office scenarios are not a big problem.
even...... It can also be used directly with mobile phones, equipped with the desktop mode of mobile phones, and mobile phones can become productivity tools.
Charging head net summary
The Acarsis Docking Station Enclosure has a built-in M.2 SSD slot, supports a variety of lengths and specifications to take-all NVMe, SATA protocol, to provide users with a convenient external high-speed storage experience. In terms of expansion interface, it has three interfaces of 2A1C, supports up to 10Gbps data transmission rate, and has HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet port, TF/SD card reader, and 3.5mm audio interface to meet the daily needs of most users.
The details outside the interface are also intimate, the included silicone sleeve protection is full; the SSD card slot of the quick disassembly design, no screwdriver is required to replace the SSD anytime and anywhere; the aluminum alloy shell ensures that it is strong at the same time, reducing the size as much as possible, and it is not bothersome to carry out.
So far we have seen a docking station with an integrated charger and SSD enclosure, so what other features do you think you can add to the docking station?