The AvaGigE is a USB-to-Ethernet converter device that enables the entire line of this company’s Avaspec USB-controlled spectrometers to plug into the Ethernet. The AvaGigE converter device enables instrument control and data acquisition. Up to eight spectrometers can be connected via a USB hub, and the device handles all synchronization between channels. Once the connection has been configured, the spectrometers can be addressed via the company’s proprietary AvaSoft operating software of the AS5216 DLL interface. — Avantes B.V., Apeldoom, the Netherlands