Testing HDMI source devices and cables – verification, debugging and compliance test

With almost 10 billion HDMI enabled devices worldwide, HDMI is one of the leading technologies connecting high-definition and ultra-high definition displays to a wide range of HDMI source devices. Application fields range from consumer electronics, including AV equipment, PCs and mobiles to automotive, industrial automation, medical equipment and many other areas.

Closely aligned with the HDMI Forum and leading Authorized Test Centers, Rohde & Schwarz provides a wide range of HDMI testing solutions, covering verification and debug as well as compliance tests of HDMI source devices and cables.

Your HDMI testing challenges

• Verifying HDMI source devices to meet the relevant HDMI compliance test specifications
• Developing, verifying and debugging HDMI reference designs
• Developing and verifying HDMI cables, including compliance and pre-compliance testing

Our HDMI test solution setup

• The R&S®RTP oscilloscopes for compliance, verification and debug testing of HDMI sources
• The R&S®ScopeSuite for automated HDMI compliance testing, covering the electrical tests of HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 (TMDS) source devices
• Wide range of 3rd party test fixtures including termination modules and EDID emulators
• The R&S®ZNB vector network analyzers to complement electrical testing of HDMI source devices, adding differential impedance measurements
• The R&S®ZNB vector network analyzers with powerful tools for test fixture characterization and deembedding as well as time domain and extended time domain analysis for measurements of PCB signal traces, cables and connectors