PowerTronex H1 USB-C Docking Station / Hub by Harry-Hongwei Yang

PowerTronex H1 USB-C Docking Station / Hub by Harry-Hongwei Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Computers and Peripheral Devices Design Competition Category.

IronComputer· 2021

PowerTronex H1 USB-C Docking Station / Hub

by Harry-Hongwei Yang

Client: Faman (Shanghai) Technology Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award Winner in Computer Category

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The Design

About PowerTronex H1 USB-C Docking Station / Hub

PowerTronex H1 is a USB-C docking station for laptops and mobile phones. The device offers up to eight interfaces, including three USB-C ports, two USB 3.0 ports and one HDMI port. 4K video transmission and PD fast charging are supported. The one-piece aluminum alloy shell is anodized for scratch resistance, corrosion resistance and heat dissipation. A gradual light strip shows when the docking station is working. The cable is stored in a groove and slides out for use, keeping the product portable and compact. The size is 152 by 41 by 13 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

PowerTronex H1 USB-C Docking Station / Hub is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. PowerTronex H1 USB-C Docking Station / Hub is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. PowerTronex H1 USB-C Docking Station / Hub is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

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Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: PowerTRONEX H1 provides up to 8 interfaces. It supports 4K video transmission and PD fast charging protocol. Through it, users can easily read, transfer data on computers or mobile phones (with Type-C interface). The aluminum alloy shell brings excellent scratch and corrosion resistance and great heat dissipation performance.

The indicator light adopts the gradual changing light strip of family brand style, which is harmonious and aesthetic. Its cable is stored in the groove，and slides out to use, which makes the product portable, concise and integrated .
Dimensions & Packaging: 152*41*13 mm
Tags: Hub,Docking Station,USB-C
Production Technology: With 3 type-c,2 USB 3.0 and a HDMI interface, it supports 4K video transmission and PD fast charging protocol. The shell of the product is made of one-piece aluminum alloy.The anodizing process of surface not only brings exquisite and outstanding texture, but also has scratch resistance and corrosion resistance.It can effectively conduct heat and reduce the body's scalding.Excellent mold and structure design ensure the perfect combination of aluminum alloy and plastic materials and smooth chamfering and surface design engage the users to hold product tightly and comfortably.
Design Challenge: It’s hard to integrate the whole system. The product is in an appropriate size of a normal hub but we fuse 8 high-performance interfaces in it. It’s a hard for the designers and engineers to work together to seek a solution that contains all the components in such shape and size.
Inspiration: In recent years, mobile phones are becoming more smart while the laptop on the market have been in the trend of extreme thinness, also has brought super portable experience to users. More and more users do not like the single interface, because it is not convenient to satisfy the basic data and image transmission needs. For these problems，designers have integrated the functions of the product,so that it has powerful performance driven,smooth and comfortable product appearance，lightweight and recyclable materials.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and finished in December 2020 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: Users slide out the cable and connect it with laptops or smart phones （with Type-C interface), the gradual changing light lights up as the device works. Then they insert USB flash disk,hard disk or TF/SD card etc. and can easily read, transfer data and video on the laptop or smart phone.
Patents: Patented. Patent No. ZL 2019 3 0395908.0
Patent Holder. Faman （Shanghai) Technoloy Co., Ltd.
Year. Jurisdiction.
Team Members: Designer: Harry-Hongwei Yang,
Designer: Jingjing Zheng,
Director: Jacky-Hongjun Liu
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer / Rendering Harry-Hongwei Yang, P.T Starlink PowerTRONEX H1, 2020.