PCMCIA today announced that leading European test house Testronic Laboratories, via its PMTC facility in Hasselt, Belgium, has been approved to offer compliance testing for the ExpressCard Standard in Europe.
The multi-step ExpressCard compliance program assures product interoperability. The first step requires manufacturers to submit an approved product compatibility checklist. The second step requires formal interoperability testing, which consists of (1) a standardized test procedure conducted between participating host systems and module products and (2) a set of mandatory tests against a "gold" suite of compliant host systems and modules. This can be done either through a test house or PCMCIA-sponsored workshop.
