New IoT Test and Certification Lab in Spain

Organization

• TECNALIA

Challenges

• Create a new IoT test and certification lab to ensure customers’ products are compliant and reliable.

Solutions

• E7515A UXM Wireless test set for cellular IoT testing.

• X8711A IoT device functional test for Bluetooth® and WLAN testing.

• N7610C Signal Studio for IoT signal generation.

• 89601B PathWave vector signal analysis software.

Results

• Accelerated the time it took for customers to decide which IoT  wireless technology to implement from an indefinite time to a few weeks.

• Increased market share by 15%.

With the number of IoT devices in the billions, along with AI, 5G, and other emerging technologies, the way we live, work, and play are no longer the same. This technological transformation occurs everywhere. Examples in the industrial sector are smart grid and energy, smart factory, and smart transportation. For the consumer market, smart appliances, smart security, and connected healthcare are a few examples of how consumers use IoT technology. Creating a sustainable, safe, and optimized future demands a more mindful approach to designing and testing these IoT devices.

The Organization

TECNALIA is a leading independent research and technological development center in Spain whose mission is to transform technology to improve people’s quality of life and create new business opportunities for their customers. The company uses a strategic business sharing knowledge approach model based on trust, collaboration, and technology. TECNALIA’S technology focus is digital transformation, advanced manufacturing, energy transition, sustainable mobility, health, and urban ecosystem solutions.

The Challenges

TECNALIA offers test and certification services for electronic device manufacturers and designers. The company decided to expand into the IoT market to complement its current solutions and to remain at the forefront of technology and market trends. To achieve this, they made an initial investment to create a new IoT test and certification lab.

Their goal is to provide their customers with test and certification services to quantify their devices’ RF performance and ensure they meet current compliance parameters. The challenges entailed equipping their facilities with test and measurement solutions, training staff from various technical backgrounds and experiences to support the new IoT lab’s development, operation, and maintenance.

The Solutions

There are many test and measurement vendors in the marketplace. TECNALIA chose Keysight Technologies because of their complete end-to-end IoT solutions and extensive support of industry standards. Most importantly, the outstanding reliability and quality performance of Keysight’s solutions are critical for TECNALIA’s IoT lab.

The fully equipped IoT lab now has the following Keysight solutions:

• E7515A UXM wireless test set

• X8711A IoT device functional test

• N7610C Signal Studio for IoT software

• 89601B PathWave vector signal analysis

These solutions saved TECNALIA time and money by using one vendor rather than multiple providers. Keysight provided TECNALIA’s staff technical training to operate the new IoT lab to enable them to ramp up their technical knowledge to help their customers.

TECNALIA reduced its expenses by using Keysight’s Remote Productivity Services and Start-up Assistance solutions. Overall, Keysight played an important role in enabling TECNALIA’s IoT test and certification services lab