Anritsu Company has introduced what’s said to be the world's first integrated test set to measure the new generation of Bluetooth low-energy products, as well as a solution to support the Enhanced Power Control (EPC) feature. These options, for the MT8852B Bluetooth test set, allow engineers to conduct highly accurate and efficient tests on Bluetooth devices during both the development and manufacturing stages.
Anritsu has developed the low-energy test capability to meet the urgent market demand to characterize the performance of the first generation of Bluetooth low-energy chips now being sampled by leading Bluetooth silicon developers. With the option, the MT8852B performs measurements on low-energy devices as defined in the current Bluetooth test specification documents.
As well as performing Bluetooth low-energy measurements in a fully automated test script on the MT8852B test set, a PC application is supplied that enables developers to see the low-energy packet's power and modulation characteristics graphically in a Windows environment. This makes the option ideal for both high-speed manufacturing test and design characterization in the development lab.
In addition to the low-energy option, Anritsu has introduced an option for testing devices that support the Bluetooth EPC feature. EPC is being included in the Bluetooth specification to make standard Bluetooth devices more tolerant of rapid power level changes, especially power fades. This update to the specification has introduced a new RF test case that is supported by the MT8852B through software option MT8852B-23.
Anritsu Company, www.us.anritsu.com
