IP cores pass Bluetooth testing

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Nov 22, 2001

Working with test house 7 layers UK Ltd, TTPCom has qualified its Bluetooth IP core solution to version 1.1 of the Bluetooth specification.

Working with test house 7 layers UK Ltd, TTPCom has qualified its Bluetooth IP core solution to version 1.1 of the Bluetooth specification.

The qualification tests on the baseband core, baseband layer protocol stack and host protocol stack were undertaken at the new 7 layers UK Bluetooth qualification test laboratories close to TTPCom in Cambridge, UK.

Charles Sturman, TTPCom's Bluetooth Product Manager, said, "We have always maintained that we would only qualify our solution when the qualification programme was stable and meaningful, and when the test facilities could sensibly support our efforts with reliable test systems.

This is now the case.

Moreover, we are now able to offer pre-qualification test-case exemption and on-site support to all of our customers going through qualification".

Alberto Bonamico, Bluetooth Qualification and Interoperability Manager at TTPCom, commented, "Prequalification will greatly reduce time-to-market and thereby increase revenue flow for our clients.

By qualifying the baseband and host protocol stacks as separate products and listing both on the official Bluetooth website, we can provide the greatest flexibility for developers, whether they are producing fully embedded Bluetooth systems on chip, HCI based baseband devices or host protocol stack implementations".

7 layers UK - an independent joint venture between 7 layers AG and TTPCom - opened its test facility in Cambridge in May 2001, delivering test and qualification services for products based on Bluetooth, GSM, GPRS, 3G specifications and other standards.

"Due to the close proximity of 7 layers UK to our own offices, our customers benefit from a very efficient qualification process", added TTPCom's Charles Sturman.

He concluded, "Warranty and front-line support is a key component of the TTPCom solution and our full qualification, together with the high level of support we can offer with 7 layers, completes our fully inclusive service package and removes risk from our customers' developments".