With evolution and convergence of multiple technologies, IoT Testing have advanced over time from phones, tablets and wearables to complete solutions like smart lightings, smart homes, and even smart cities.
Establishing a clean interconnectivity, integrating data from various sources and performing meaningful actions to derive maximum value from these IoT solutions is now imperative to the success of any IoT device or solution.
IoT Apps: Key Testing Types:
Key Considerations for Testing IoT devices
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Each IoT device has an underlying hardware and a software which interacts with the end users and a firmware which drives the hardware.
- Since there are multiple combinations of hardware and firmware as well software, its imperative to strategically choose configurations to plan the testing on.
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IoT devices are usually ridden with simultaneous multiple real time actions and different devices interactions, which makes the testing of the application complex.
- Real time scenarios should be identified to test and validate for functional correctness and integration preciseness.
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IoT devices are meant to react fast to data changes received from multiple interfaces. Since these devices can be used under different conditions, bandwidths and configurations the performance evaluation of the devices is critical to its success.
- Testers must understand what the various components of the device are, how they interact and are being used and know how they should behave under different conditions like overburdened WiFi channels, unreliable network hardware, and slow or inconsistent Internet connections. This requires an adjusted look at performance testing tools and performance monitoring.
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IoT devices are data centric as the device reacts to the data received from various interfaces/systems connected. There is consistent, continuous flow of data between the connected devices and a device’s various components which poses a Security Risk
- Security Testing needs to ensure if the data being passed between the various components is protected/encrypted when getting transferred from one device to the other. All the device interfaces should be secure from external threats and breeches.
Why CresTech
- From testing smart bulbs to car consoles, we have gathered extensive experience in this space
- We understand the approach to testing every IoT solution varies, focusing on the end objective
- Our IoT Strategy framework takes into account all the various layers involved in an IoT solution and all the kinds of testing needed to test the solution in its entirety.