Compliance & Certification

SATA-IO Certification

An authorized SATA-IO Independent Test Lab (ITL) — certification testing for Serial ATA products, backed by active participation in SATA-IO leadership and standards activities.

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SATA-IO Independent Test Lab

Certification Testing for Serial ATA Products

Novus Labs is an authorized Independent Test Lab (ITL) by SATA-IO, providing certification testing services for Serial ATA products seeking SATA-IO certification. With active participation in SATA-IO leadership and standards activities, our team provides customers with expert guidance throughout the compliance and certification process.

Serial ATA (SATA) continues to provide a reliable interface for storage applications across consumer, enterprise, and embedded markets. Our SATA testing services help manufacturers validate compliance, interoperability, and performance requirements to ensure seamless integration with hosts, controllers, and storage ecosystems.

  • SATA-IO Board of Directors representative
  • SATA interoperability testing
  • Pre-Compliance testing
  • Technical consulting & debug support
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An assortment of Serial ATA storage devices — 2.5-inch SSDs, a 3.5-inch HDD, and M.2 SATA/NVMe modules — representative of the products Novus Labs tests for SATA-IO certification
Core Services

Where We Deliver

Comprehensive SATA compliance services that support products from development through certification — validating protocol behavior, electrical performance, interoperability, mechanical measurements, and certification requirements for a successful product launch.

  • Official SATA-IO certification testing
  • Protocol, electrical & mechanical compliance
  • Compliance test reports
  • Certification submission support
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Interoperability Testing
Real-world validation across a broad multi-vendor storage ecosystem.
  • Host, controller & drive interoperability
  • Drive detection, partitioning & formatting
  • Read/write & data-integrity validation
  • Seamless ecosystem integration
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Pre-Compliance & Debug
Early issue detection and expert guidance from a SATA-IO leader.
  • Pre-Compliance testing
  • Technical consulting & debug support
  • SATA-IO standards guidance
  • Board of Directors representation
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Test Coverage

Coverage Across the SATA Interface

End-to-end validation across the four pillars of SATA compliance — protocol, electrical, interoperability, and mechanical.

Protocol / Digital
  • Asynchronous Signal Recovery
  • Digital Optional Features
  • General Test Requirements
  • Interface Power Management
  • Native Command Queuing
  • Software Settings Preservation
  • Device Sleep
Electrical
  • SSC
  • Rise & Fall Times
  • Differential Skew
  • AC Common Mode
  • Jitter
  • Differential Voltage Amplitude
  • Tx Emphasis
  • OOB
  • TX/RX
Interop
  • BIOS drive detection
  • Partition creation and formatting
  • Read & Write
  • MD5 error detection & validation
  • Multi-vendor ecosystem
Mechanical
  • Internal connector location
  • Power connector
  • Visual and dimensional inspection
Products We Test

Across the Storage Ecosystem

We test the full range of Serial ATA products — from drives and hosts to the silicon underneath.

SSDs & HDDs
Optical disc drives (ODD)
SATA host adapters
Standard SATA hosts
eSATA products
mSATA devices
M.2 SATA devices
SATA building blocks
Storage controllers & silicon
Why Choose Us

A Partner Through Certification

Ready to Certify Your SATA Product?

Talk to a SATA-IO test engineer about your compliance program — from pre-compliance debug to a full certification run.