Q&A: Simulation/Wireless Test (.PDF Download)
As electronic testing technologies become more and more complex, achieving goals requires continuous redesign within solutions—incorporating better microchips, OEM equipment, individual devices, and other internal improvements. This is prompting vendors to rethink or re-evaluate their testing. With 5G infrastructure now being laid, the need for efficient redesign for wireless test will only escalate over the next handful of years. With this, the role of simulation software has taken on a crucial role over the past decade, saving test instrumentation vendors invaluable trial-and-error costs and helping speed up time-to-market.
I recently interviewed Ken Karnofsky, senior strategist for signal processing applications at MathWorks, and got his thoughts on the evolution of wireless testing in recent years and the increasing part simulation has played along the way.