Test automation project unveiled by Keysight and Nokia

The OpenTAP project includes a growing community of developers dedicated to the idea of effortless automation. The core technology is a test sequencer, to which the community is continuously adding plugins and solutions that lead to faster development, new functionality and optimisation in test.

Through these contributions and the enhanced collaboration possible with its open-core approach, OpenTAP is inspiring creators to innovate automation solutions in T&M and beyond. 

Keysight and Nokia previously demonstrated early capabilities and outcomes of OpenTAP at MWC19 Barcelona, in February.

"Our goal with OpenTAP is to enable unprecedented levels of collaboration in the test and measurement industry and to benefit all participants in this open-source project," said Jay Alexander (pictured), Chief Technology Officer of Keysight Technologies. "Co-launching OpenTAP with Nokia reflects our commitment to creating software-centric solutions that accelerate innovation through simplicity, scalability and speed."

Advancing what is sometimes disjointed, homegrown and resource-intensive efforts, which consume valuable capacity in development and support, Keysight and Nokia share a mutual goal of creating new economies of scale, accelerating time-to-market of automated test solutions, as well as the products they test.

Erja Sankari, Vice President of Nokia's Supply Chain Engineering organisation, added, "For many years Nokia has relied on eitherclosed, commercial test-automation products, or completely home-grown platforms that consume precious resources — budget, support and maintenance. Building on OpenTAP fosters innovation in test optimisation and efficiency, ultimately reducing our cost-of-test and project risk."