One-box RF tester

Agilent Technologies has released a one-box platform that enables efficient RF testing for products and components that incorporate Bluetooth and other emerging wireless connectivity technologies.

The N4010A wireless connectivity test set includes an option (Option 101) that speeds measurements and improves accuracy for high-volume manufacturing of products that incorporate Bluetooth technology, such as mobile phones, audio headsets, computers, PDAs, consumer appliances, cameras, VCRs and automotive telematics. During the product development cycle, engineers who design or integrate Bluetooth technology into chipsets, modules and devices will be able to create test sequences more easily and obtain faster, more accurate measurement results.

By adding I/O connectivity (Option 110), the test set will also work with the Agilent 89601 vector signal analysis software and 89607 WLAN test suite software. This flexible software provides a broad range of signal measurements for evaluating wireless connectivity formats such as wireless LAN (WLAN) in the 2.4 GHz ISM band.

Option 101 makes transmitter and receiver measurements as defined in the Bluetooth 1.1 RF specification. The test set includes an internal test sequencer to shorten test and development time. Built-in capability accomplishes eight of the 16 Bluetooth test cases. The other eight can be made using other Agilent equipment.