USB 3.0 A Male to A Male Cable, Braided Shield, 26/30AWG

The A male to A male cable is the workhorse shape nobody photographs: PC or hub port to the A female end of a device lead, extension duty, test-bench runs. This one is specified for transfer quality rather than shelf appeal — a braided shield around oxygen-free, tin-plated copper conductors in the 26 AWG (power) and 30 AWG (data) class split the SuperSpeed generation actually uses, in a round PVC jacket with an environmentally compliant build.

At 5.0 Gbps it moves files at SuperSpeed pace between 3.0-class hosts and devices, falling back cleanly on 2.0 and 1.1 gear. The braid is the part that matters on the bench: A-to-A runs cross power bricks, monitors and switching supplies, and the shield keeps the differential pairs honest through all of it.

Key features

• USB 3.0 Type A male to Type A male
• 5.0 Gbps SuperSpeed data rate
• Braided shield; oxygen-free tin-plated copper
• 26 / 30 AWG conductor spec
• Round cable, environmental PVC shell

Specifications

The usual A-to-A honesty applies: this lead joins hosts to female-ended devices and extensions — it is not a PC-to-PC transfer cable, which needs active bridge electronics. Within its real job it is simply the reliable version of it. The 26 AWG power legs keep voltage honest at the far end under 900 mA-class loads, and the 30 AWG SuperSpeed pairs hold their impedance through the round jacket’s tight twist — the two gauge numbers on the spec sheet are the difference between a 3.0 cable and a 2.0 cable with blue plugs.

Typical applications

• Extension and coupler duty at SuperSpeed rates
• Test benches and repair benches
• Host-to-hub and host-to-device A-female links

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