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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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
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
- Host, controller & drive interoperability
- Drive detection, partitioning & formatting
- Read/write & data-integrity validation
- Seamless ecosystem integration
- Pre-Compliance testing
- Technical consulting & debug support
- SATA-IO standards guidance
- Board of Directors representation
Coverage Across the SATA Interface
End-to-end validation across the four pillars of SATA compliance — protocol, electrical, interoperability, and mechanical.
- Asynchronous Signal Recovery
- Digital Optional Features
- General Test Requirements
- Interface Power Management
- Native Command Queuing
- Software Settings Preservation
- Device Sleep
- SSC
- Rise & Fall Times
- Differential Skew
- AC Common Mode
- Jitter
- Differential Voltage Amplitude
- Tx Emphasis
- OOB
- TX/RX
- BIOS drive detection
- Partition creation and formatting
- Read & Write
- MD5 error detection & validation
- Multi-vendor ecosystem
- Internal connector location
- Power connector
- Visual and dimensional inspection
Across the Storage Ecosystem
We test the full range of Serial ATA products — from drives and hosts to the silicon underneath.
A Partner Through Certification
Lifecycle Support
Guidance from early development through to a successful SATA-IO certification.
Catch Issues Early
We surface compliance and interoperability problems early — before they become costly late-stage surprises.
Faster Certification
A streamlined path to SATA-IO certification that keeps your product launch on schedule.
Lower Risk & Cost
Fewer re-tests and reduced development risk through pre-compliance testing and debug support.
Standards Leadership
A SATA-IO Board of Directors member and active standards contributor backing every program.
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.