RF calibration and verification testing automates V2X chipset production
Keysight Technologies’ PathWave Test Executive for Manufacturing Developer Version now supports automated RF calibration and verification testing for the Autotalk cellular vehicle to everything (LTE V2X) and dedicated short range communications (DSRC) chipsets. The chipsets are typically used in telematics control units which are embedded onboard systems that control wireless tracking, diagnostics and communication to and from a connected vehicle.
New vehicles are being equipped with multiple wireless systems which can present increased testing complexity and more complicated, expensive and time-consuming test and validation procedures. Telematics in particular, are required to interface with dozens of network technologies and communications protocols, said Keysight.
Off-the-shelf support for Autotalks chipsets automates complex calibration and verification testing to accelerate time to market, said the company. The software based test supports industry-leading chipsets, including 5G V2X, LTE V2X and DSRC communication chipsets. It also accelerates complex testing scenarios with automated control of Autotalks chipset and Keysight test instruments used as a standard test solution for a production line.
It also reduces deployment time and costs because the off the shelf test software does not require manufacturers to develop or maintain costly custom testing software or have deep wireless / radio frequency expertise for its development and use, explained Keysight Technologies.
The testing software runs on the Keysight E6640A wireless test set and is automated by the KS8328A PathWave Test Executive for Manufacturing Developer Version.
Amos Freund, vice president of R&D at Autotalks, said: “This collaboration with Keysight Technologies gives our mutual customers access to a turnkey calibration and verification solution, instead of going through the costly internal development process. Keysight implemented and automated Autotalks’ calibration guidelines and optimised it for performance utilising Keysight’s equipment capabilities.”
Thomas Goetzl, vice president and general manager of Keysight’s Automotive and Energy Solutions, said: “This solution . . . abstracts the complexity of RF calibration and verification of chipsets into a simple and easy-to-use test sequence”.
Keysight Technologies delivers design, emulation and test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with less risk, throughout the entire product lifecycle. It serves customers in communications, industrial automation, aerospace and defence, automotive, semiconductor, and general electronics markets.
