RF Creations’ Bluetooth® LE RF tester is now available.

Sapphire is a comprehensive, low-cost Bluetooth LE RF tester application for the Moreph30 signal analyser.

For IoT innovators working with the Bluetooth LE standard, Sapphire and Moreph30 create a Bluetooth LE RF tester ready for thorough testing and a speedy time to market. Sapphire supports Bluetooth 5 LE and is prepared for specification changes through a software-defined radio architecture. Using this app, Moreph30 becomes a powerful Bluetooth LE RF tester, offering signal analysis, signal generation and advertiser scanner in an economical package.

Sapphire product highlights.

Full support for Bluetooth 5 LE

• 2 Mbps.
• Coded PHYs.
• Stable modulation index.
• AoA/AoD.

Support for all RF-PHY test cases

• No additional test equipment required.
• All C/I, blocking & intermodulation signals generated internally.
• Accurate power control to -115 dBm for coded PHY tests.
• Full support for in-band emissions.

Signalling support

• Analyse off-air packets with arbitrary payloads.
• DUT stimulation via advertising or scan requests.
• Advertise and listen on multiple channels simultaneously.

Speed

• In-band emissions test completes in 2.5 ms.
• 2 second boot time.

As a result, the power of Moreph30 combined with Sapphire’s versatility lets you focus on developing rather than learning the ins and outs of a complex menagerie of equipment. Additionally, this RF tester lets you mitigate issues by testing as you develop, preventing the hassle and expense of a lengthened qualification process.

Sapphire use cases.

Production tester

• Fast, with planned support for multiple (8) DUTs.
• Fully configurable test coverage/test time.
• DUT control via serial interface or provocation over-the-air.
• Wide range of host interfaces.

Pre-compliance tester

• Explore margin against test specification prior to committing to test house.

Silicon evaluation

• Capture corrupt waveforms for detailed analysis.
• Perform RF-PHY testing on live links.

Silicon characterisation

• Eliminates need for additional test equipment.
• Dramatically reduces test time and increases throughput.

RMA analysis

• Simple-to-use GUI rapidly identifies faults.

Moreph30 will also support Lapis – a Bluetooth LE address sniffer – and Tanzanite – a Bluetooth LE traffic generator. Additionally, a ZigBee® RF tester is in the works for Moreph30. Thanks to the Moreph family’s ability to switch between different apps as needed, one analyser can test different standards and stay with you wherever your innovations go.

For further information and datasheets, see the product pages for Moreph30 and the Sapphire application. Get in touch for a quote.