Bluetooth audio testing gets faster, easier through Prism

Dec 22, 2010 2:41 PM

    
Prism Sound’s dScope Series III analyzer will now be able to handle testing of Bluetooth devices through direct audio streaming.

Prism Sound’s dScope Series III analyzer will now be able to handle testing of Bluetooth devices through direct audio streaming.

Prism Sound will launch of a complete audio test system for Bluetooth devices in January. The firm’s dScope Series III audio analyzer now supports audio streaming directly between test system and Bluetooth devices, enabling real-time, closed-loop testing.

Until now, testing Bluetooth devices required a range of analog, digital, electronic and electroacoustic audio test equipment, plus software-based signal generation and analysis tools. This cumbersome method did not easily translate to automated manufacturing or verification testing environments.

The dScope Series III test system integrates analog, digital (S/PDIF and I2S), electronic, electroacoustic and Bluetooth measurement capabilities in a single instrument, eliminating the need for time-consuming signal generation and analysis in external software. With dScope Series III, Bluetooth audio development, compliance testing and manufacturing is now faster and easier.

Prism Sound’s dScope Series III instrument includes precision automatic gain-ranging, which allows high-resolution analog measurements over a range from a few microvolts to more than 150V RMS, and from less than 1Hz to more than 90kHz. Its dedicated hardware interface uses DSP to provide a wide range of real-time measurements, while its software exploits the host PC for number crunching and analysis options such as fast Fourier transforms, Smart FFT soft instruments, swept sine and multitone testing. The dScope Series III can be automated from a wide range of third-party software applications using Active X controls or internally using VBScript.




Want to use this article?
Click here for options!
Get Copyright Clearance

Share this article

blog comments powered by Disqus

 

Current Issue

Online captioning compliance

May 2012

The FCC has issued captioning requirements for all online video. Learn how to meet the requirements of the new rules and how to automate the technical process.

Read More articles...

Related Newsletter

Transition to Digital
Provides readers with weekly timely updates on FCC actions, industry news, and station build-out schedules.

Related Posts


Confused about the terminology in an article? Find definitions of common terms and abbreviations in Broadcast Engineering's Glossary.

 


Video Compression, Editing and Displays

Video Compression, Editing and Displays

Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.

File Based Technology and Workflow

File Based Technology and Workflow

File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media

Sound Off Podcasts

 

Broadcast Engineering Digital Reference Guide

Browse Back Issues

Back to Top