Wiliot and CISC partner on high-speed testing for battery-free IoT tags
Wiliot has partnered with Austrian testing specialist CISC Semiconductor to deploy a standardised functional test system, BLE Xplorer, for its battery-free IoT Pixels. The system tests up to 6,500 units per hour per lane, more than four times a conventional station, with pass-or-fail validation on every unit. CISC begins pre-sales of BLE Xplorer in September 2026, targeting faster onboarding of manufacturing partners.
Why this mattersFaster, standardised testing lowers the barrier for converters to add IoT-tag production lines, supporting wider adoption of battery-free sensing in packaging and logistics.
- BLE Xplorer tests up to 6,500 units per hour per lane versus about 1,500 for a conventional stop-and-go station.
- The system provides a pass-or-fail result for every unit, enabling 100% output testing.
- It integrates with Wiliot's Physical AI platform to record unit-level test data.
- CISC begins pre-sales of BLE Xplorer in September 2026.
- The partnership targets acceleration of supplier onboarding and expansion of global manufacturing capacity for IoT Pixels.
- Applications cited include supply chain, logistics, retail, post-and-parcel and food and beverage sectors.
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