Test and measurement specialist Rohde & Schwarz extends its support to the University of New Hampshire
Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) with an extension to their compliance test services. As a result, UNHIOL customers can now achieve compliance for automotive Ethernet cables and connectors (link segment)
based on the OPEN Alliance TC9 working group test specification supporting both unshielded (UTP) and
shielded twisted pair cables and connectors (STP).
The close collaboration on an automotive test platform between Rohde & Schwarz and UNH-IOL benefits
OEMs, Tier1s, Tier2s, and system integrators who want to submit their products for compliance test
certification. The OPEN Alliance accredited test lab UNH-IOL has been in the forefront of developing
automotive Ethernet testing since 2012. For these test services, the lab has an extensive test bed including
an R&S RTO2044 oscilloscope, enabling ECU vendors and OEMs to test their 100/1000BASE-T1
compliance testing, including physical layers (PHY) and electronic control units (ECU) based on TC8 OPEN
Alliance test specifications in a single laboratory. With the current addition of an R&S ZNB8 4-port vector
network analyzer, the test range has been expanded to include TC9 test specification, specifically cable and
connectors that make up the link segment section.
Dr. Nik Dimitrakopoulos, Market Segment Manager Automotive at Rohde & Schwarz, stated: “With the final
release of the TC9 test specification we want to provide our customers with confidence in verifying their
cables and connectors. We are very happy to continue our partnership with UNH-IOL and assist them to
extend their testing capabilities with our R&S ZNB VNA for cable, connector and link segment testing.”
Curtis Donahue, Senior Manager of Automotive Ethernet Technologies at UNH-IOL, stated: “We are excited
about the recent addition of the R&S RTO2044 oscilloscope and R&S ZNB8 vector network analyzer to our
automotive test bed. Our continued partnership with Rohde & Schwarz will help expand our testing services
for 100/1000BASE-T1 solutions, for both silicon vendors and Tier1 automotive suppliers; as well as enable
the IOL to offer test services for future automotive Ethernet technologies, such as the 10BASE-T1S PHY
which is currently being developed in the IEEE.”
For more information on In-Vehicle networks testing solutions by Rohde & Schwarz, go to:
https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/_231834.html
