LitePoint extends ZigBee manufacturing test support
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 6/1/2007
The LitePoint ZigBee software package lets you create production test programs for the manufacturing floor that allow ZigBee 802.15.4-based wireless products to be tested using existing LitePoint IQview and IQflex one-box test systems.
The IQview/IQflex includes an integrated vector signal analyzer and vector signal generator for fast test times. The ZigBee software, which is automatically recognized by the IQview/IQflex test analysis software, integrates seamlessly into the test environment, adding ZigBee test capability for both R&D and manufacturing applications.
ZigBee DUT commands are made through the chip vendor’s test control interface for quick setup, while the LitePoint capture-once/measure-all hardware implementation allows full transmitter and receiver testing with very few signal captures.
The ZigBee software demodulates and displays critical transmitter measurements, like error-vector magnitude (EVM) and carrier frequency error, with the same ease and test time as basic power and spectrum measurements. For receiver testing, the IQview/IQflex internal vector signal generator sends packets to the DUT, and IQfact software calculates the packet error rate.
Price: $2200; the software is licensed on a per-use basis with site licensing available. LitePoint, www.litepoint.com.
