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Keep every radio check on the same wavelength.

Connect transmit power, receiver sensitivity, and frequency checks to each radio. Keep channel settings, firmware, and fixture context beside the results from your RF test procedure.

Radio circuit board in an open enclosure beside a panel antenna and coiled coaxial cable

Testing challenges

01

Include the RF path.

Record corrections, cables and fixture identity alongside the radio result.

02

Compare each channel.

Keep channel settings and traces with power and frequency measurements.

03

Track the configuration.

Link firmware and board revision to programming and earlier RF tests.

WORKFLOW EXAMPLE

Check a radio across its selected channels.

An illustrative RF acceptance workflow. Your script and equipment perform the transmit and receive tests; tofupilot organizes the resulting measurements.

WORKFLOW EXAMPLERADIO-0632

RF signal path

Radio in fixtureFirmware · channel
Corrected RF pathCable · attenuation
RF instrumentPower · frequency
Record the corrected RF path and compare measurements channel by channel.
  1. Identify the radio and setup

    Record the unit, firmware, fixture, and RF path correction used for the test.

  2. Capture transmit and receive results

    Send power, frequency error, and receiver-check measurements with the channel and configured limits.

  3. Review the channel history

    Open a failed check with its supporting trace and compare the radio’s previous attempts.

ALERT & NEXT STEP · EXAMPLE

Transmit power fails the check on one channel.

Send the affected run to the RF engineer. Inspect path correction, fixture connections, and results from adjacent channels before selecting a repeat test.

Connect the next step

RESOURCES

Start with a relevant procedure.

LoRa & IoT radio checks

Collect channel-specific transmit and receive measurements.

PROCEDURE IDEA · EXAMPLE

Receiver sensitivity sweep

Record packet results against the applied signal level.

PROCEDURE IDEA · EXAMPLE

RF Testing and Calibration

Learn how to log RF test and calibration data for wireless products using TofuPilot, covering output power, sensitivity, and frequency accuracy.

PRACTICAL GUIDE
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