CSR upgrades Bluetooth tester

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Oct 12, 2004

Bluetooth chipset manufacturer CSR has upgraded its BITE (Bluetooth Qualification Tester) to support protocol testing for Bluetooth Specifications V1.2.

Bluetooth chipset manufacturer CSR has upgraded its BITE (Bluetooth Qualification Tester) to support protocol testing for Bluetooth Specifications V1.2.

The BITE protocol tester is the first conformance Tester to implement the official V1.2 test vectors currently specified by the Bluetooth SIG.

It is the ideal tool to support the development of new V1.2 devices and is the reference conformance tester for qualification of Bluetooth V1.2 products and components.

Version 1.2 of the core specifications provides significant enhancements, such as: adaptive frequency hopping to eliminate interference; new eSCO packets to improve voice quality; accelerated discovery procedures to provide faster connections between Bluetooth devices; L2CAP flow and error control to avoid errors in transmission when sending large files; and revised QoS.

Cetecom Spain is the market leader in Bluetooth conformance testers, and currently supports both Bluetooth Specs V1.1 and V1.2 for RF and protocols.

Juan Manuel Hidalgo, Product Manager at Cetecom Spain, comments: "We recognise CSR as a technology reference for Bluetooth and thus feel very proud that they use and trust our test systems".

"BITE is a very powerful test tool, not only for conformance but also for R and D testing, and we are currently working to upgrade it to support EDR".

Peter Flittner, Programme Manager Responsible for Bluetooth Qualification and Regulatory Testing at CSR, comments: "CSR and Cetecom Spain have collaborated by sharing prototype products at an early stage of development so that our customers can be assured that CSR products pass the conformance tests on the BITE tester".

"CSR has purchased a V1.2 tester after the 1.1 tester became an integral part of our product testing".

"The 1.2 tester is in a compact package and offers features to improve convenience and speed of operation".