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News Release from: Advantest (Europe) | Subject: R4870
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2002
Bluetooth tester combines RF and
interoperability
Advantest reckons its R4870 Bluetooth tester will help manufacturers ensure their Bluetooth-enabled products and devices conform with the wireless technology's global specifications.
Advantest reckons its R4870 Bluetooth tester will help manufacturers ensure that their Bluetooth-enabled products and devices conform with the wireless technology's global specifications Designed for use both within R and D laboratories (prequalification testing) and on manufacturing lines, the R4870 is the first Bluetooth conformance test system to combine in a single unit the ability to test both a product's radio-frequency characteristics and its interoperability with other Bluetooth-enabled products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Advantest will display the R4870 at Bluetooth Expo 2002, Asia's largest Bluetooth exhibition, from 17th to 19th April at the Makuhari Messe convention centre in Chiba prefecture, Japan.
For testing the Bluetooth radio layer, the R4870 is capable of performing tests on output power, modulation characteristics, initial carrier frequency tolerance and sensitivity as defined by the Bluetooth SIG.
The R4870 also comes with a number of additional functions such as the ability to automatically start up testing of Bluetooth modules via its embedded host control interface (HCI) and the ability to perform testing using a "dirty" transmitter signal (an irregularly modulated signal used to test a product's modulation characteristics).
Also, because the R4870 has built-in protocols for the execution of Blue Unit test cases (test programs used to ensure a minimum level of interoperability), manufacturers will be able to perform the SIG's communication tests without having to procure separate interoperability test equipment.
To help shorten test times - and thus reduce manufacturing costs - the R4870 comes with a unique high-speed testing mode function for manufacturing line and preshipment testing.
And, to ensure high usability, the R4870 incorporates a 12in colour touch-panel display that will enable test engineers to quickly alter their test setup.
Furthermore, when used in conjunction with other test equipment such as spectrum analysers and pattern generators, the R4870 is capable of testing all the radio frequency requirements specified by the SIG.
Manufacturers will thus have the power to perform prequalification testing and accelerate their certification process by a Bluetooth qualification test facility.
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