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News Release from: Anritsu (UK) | Subject: MT8852A
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 June 2002
Tester sounds good for Bluetooth audio
devices
Anritsu has added the MT8852A to its family of Bluetooth test sets for design proving and production test.
Anritsu has added the MT8852A to its family of Bluetooth test sets for design proving and production test The principal additional feature of the new unit is audio test - fully compliant with all the functionality defined in the Bluetooth audio specification
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Bluetooth testers qualify for service
Anritsu's MT8850A/MT8852A Bluetooth test sets have received "Test System Validation" status from the Bluetooth Qualification Review Board (BQRB).
Many companies are now developing headsets, audio gateways and audio-visual products with Bluetooth interfaces.
The MT8852A offers a full Bluetooth audio test capability, supporting all three codec air interfaces (mu-law, A-law and CVSD) on up to three SCO audio channels.
It offers the most comprehensive testing facilities of any Bluetooth test set - ready to test the increasingly sophisticated Bluetooth audio products currently being developed.
Rear-panel jack-plug connectors also provide analogue inputs and outputs for all three audio channels.
The new MT8852A also enables developers of Bluetooth products to conduct true RF measurements rather than simple functional testing.
This is particularly important with a radio-based technology such as Bluetooth, in which the integration of a module into an OEM product will not necessarily produce predictable results, and overall performance may vary.
This makes it essential to test to a known set of parameters using an instrument traceable to national standards.
The traceability of the MT8852A's measurements ensures that the brand quality and interoperability of products with a Bluetooth interface is maintained.
The MT8852A uses a Bluetooth protocol stack with a full implementation of test-mode signalling.
This allows users to make Bluetooth radio measurements in exact accordance with the Bluetooth RF test specification.
The MT8852A can test through an air interface or via a direct connection.
All protocol is held in firmware, so that future versions of the core Bluetooth specification can be installed locally, in a few minutes.
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