For enterprises, the ongoing transition to Industry 4.0 has increased the operational importance of relying upon connected IoT devices. Industries such as automotive and manufacturing can improve safety and efficiency by connecting IoT machines and sensors to business systems. Yet the transition is not without risk: System failures and downtime caused by connectivity and network issues can present problems that rise to the level of life-threatening situations — making it essential for network engineers to fully test the connectivity and performance of network components and IoT devices before deployment.
Keysight Technologies aimed to address this need with its recent introduction of the Novus mini, a platform designed for engineers to test the performance and conformance of industrial networks. The Novus mini also supports testing based on time-sensitive networking (TSN) standards — a critical safety component in IoT applications such as the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) employed in autonomous vehicles.
Among the features of the Novus mini are:
- Network testing value
- Compact, quiet and affordable
- Validation of layers 2-3
- Critical timing standard testing
Keysight’s membership in the Avnu Alliance, a community working toward an interoperable, open-standard ecosystem servicing the precise timing and low-latency requirements of diverse applications, is reflected in the release of the Novus mini.
“The Novus mini offers a comprehensive TSN conformance suite based on multiple Avnu Alliance test plans for different applications and markets, enabling companies to easily test their products on the path to interoperability,” said Ed Agis, Avnu Alliance Work Group co-chair.
