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6 Product Testing
6.1 u-blox In-Series Production Test
u-blox focuses on high quality for its products. To achieve a high standard it’s our philosophy to supply fully
doftheproductionprocess,everyunitistested.Defectiveunitsareanalyzedin
quality.
T vedwithau testequipme
ersadetailedtestreportforeachunit.Thefollowing
measurementsaredon
Digitalself-test(SoftwareDownload, SHfirmware,etc.)
• Measurement andcurren
• Measurement haracteristics(e.
testedunits.Thereforeattheen
detailtoimprovetheproduction
hisisachie tomatic nt,
whichdeliv
e:
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ofvoltages ts
ofRFc g.C/No)
Figure 103: Automatic Test Equipment for Module Tests
.2 Test Parameters for OEM Manufacturer
Becauseofthe testing done byu-blox(with 100%coverage), itisobvious thatan OEM manufacturer doesn’t
need to repeat firmware tests or measurements of the GPS parameters/characteristics (e.g. TTFF) in their
productiontest.
AnOEMManufacturershouldfocuson
• Overallsensitivityofthedevice(includingantenna,ifapplicable)
• Communicationtoahostcontroller
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