Plugable Pro8 Charging & USB Docking Station for Select Windows Tablets - Simultaneously Charges & Adds Extended Display Output, 3.5mm Audio in/Out, 10/100 Ethernet, and 4 2.0 USB Ports.

To solve the inability of the Dell Venue 8 Pro Windows tablet (and more) to charge and connect external USB devices at the same time, was created the Plugable Pro8 docking station. When connected to the Pro8 dock, the dock simulates the signal of the stock charger needed to trigger the tablets charging cycle. It then flips the port over to host mode so devices can be used while the tablet continues to charge. Unlike other attempts at solutions on the market for the Dell Venue 8 Pro, the Pro8 dock will maintain charging no matter what order you connect the USB cable or what power state the tablet is in. Hot-plugging of the Pro8 is fully supported in any power state. If the tablet is off, asleep, hibernated, rebooted, etc. the dock will always maintain charging and will always reconnect to USB (some tablets may have minor limitations). The Pro8 comes with a detachable USB Micro B to USB Micro B cable for tablet connectivity and can also use a standard USB Micro B to USB A cable (like the stock cable included with the tablet for charging) to connect the docking station to any laptop or desktop computer for maximum compatibility. So while it's designed to work with micro-b Windows tablets (and charges several of them), it can also work with any Windows tablet or laptop.