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6  Product testing 
6.1  u-blox in-line production testing 
As part of our focus on high quality products, u-blox maintain stringent quality controls throughout 
the production process. This means that all units in our manufacturing facilities are fully tested and 
that any identified defects are carefully analyzed to improve future production quality. 
The  Automatic  test  equipment  (ATE)  deployed  in  u-blox  production  lines  logs  all  production  and 
measurement  data  –  from  which  a  detailed  test  report  for  each  unit  can  be  generated.  Figure  29 
shows the ATE typically used during u-blox production. 
u-blox in-line production testing includes: 
•  Digital self-tests (firmware download, MAC address programming) 
•  Measurement of voltages and currents 
•  Functional tests (host interface communication) 
•  Digital I/O tests 
•  Measurement  and  calibration  of  RF  characteristics  in  all  supported  bands,  including  RSSI 
calibration, frequency tuning of reference clock, calibration of transmitter power levels, etc. 
•  Verification of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth RF characteristics after calibration, like modulation accuracy, 
power levels,  and spectrum, are checked to ensure that all characteristics are within tolerance 
when the calibration parameters are applied. 
 
Figure 29: Automatic test equipment for module test