Since more and more wireless charging models and brands available on the market, technical issues, such as backward compatibility and interoperability, are required to be overcome. These potential factors might affect user experiences and cause power charging failure; therefore, in addition to interoperability test, a total solution for verification of wireless charging should also cover standard certification, wireless charging performance and wireless charging efficiency.

Allion Labs is in honor to be one of board members of Shenzhen Connectors Industry Association (SZCIA) among the 170+ connector-related domestic and international companies, including which from Japan and U.S.A. We will further closely cooperate with the other members through public department and agencies to further provide our services to the China market.

On April 26, Allion Labs hosted a Wi-Fi Webinar to reveal the testing focuses of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Location™ with its future trend. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Location™ delivers meter-level accuracy at nanosecond level for indoor device location data, enabling indoor navigation.

2017 SD Association Global Technical Workshop, hosted by SD Association (SDA) and co-organized by Phison and Allion Labs, was held on April 24 in Taipei in a great success. In this Workshop the specification of SD 6.0 and the trends of the SD industrial chain were specifically introduced. Anne Tsou, the head of Strategy & Planning division of Allion and also the SDA Marketing Committee Chair, has expressed: “Allion Labs, Inc, is the authorized test laboratory of SDA. We are not only able to conduct standard certification services but also able to provide customized consulting, testing services, and interoperability tests. Our capability in interoperability testing, plus our test bed (i.e. various SD Hosts and Devices with varied specifications/functions), will assist our partners with ensuring the quality of their products, decreasing the interoperability issues occurring in the future.

On April 20, Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC) held the its first ever seminar in Taiwan. Focusing on security issues that might occur regarding USB Type-C power transmission, MCPC shared their testing experiences and had pleasant discussion with audience through Q&A.

As the first USB PD 2.0 Authorized Test Lab (ATL) in the Great China Region, on April 21, Allion attended the TYPE-C & Fast Charging Forum, hosted by Elecfan. In the forum, we also provided one-stop consulting services for related testing/certification of USB PD 2.0, USB Type-Ctm, Standard USB, Hi-Speed USB, and Super speed USB.

2017 HDMI Alt Mode USB Type-C Seminar on April 14 was held by Allion and Sony HDMI Authorized Test Center (ATC). In the seminar, HDMI Alt Mode Over Type-C specification and the highlights of the certification tests were introduced. The attendees included those from Household Electronic, Displays, Camera, and Automobile Devices industries. The related business partners as Teledyne, ASTRODESIGN and Cypress exhibited their related testing solutions. Allion also had a service counter to offer consulting services regarding HDMI in latest version.