Hello FW, Buy a ready certified module. You would have a devil of a task gaining approval for someone else’s module unless you are very close to their engineering department and personnel. Just as a start you would need schematics, parts lists, engineering test samples, low level software access and tools to set Bluetooth channels, powers and test modes. Testing is very expensive, needs lots of engineering support and what if it failed testing or some other aspect of certification. Then you would have to take multiple approvals routes for all the regions you need to cover. And finally, these products or the chip-sets they use tend to use have remarkably short life-spans, so be prepared to repeat the process regularly.
So... For FCC you should follow their Modular Approval route. Modules approved to FCC part 15.212 for Full Modular Approval can be used in any host and you mark your product with “Contains FCC ID: nnnnnnnn”. Your final product still needs to comply with the FCC requirements (Part 15B?) by verification or declaration. I believe Canada RSS-GEN is the same or very similar (but please check). For Europe you need to meet the R&TTE Directive for which the requirements are ambiguous as to who is placing the ‘radio’ on the market; the module manufacturer or the integrator of that module. The R&TTE Compliance Association offers useful guidance on the matter here: http://www.rtteca.com/TGN01%20-%20May%202013.pdf Basically, you are permitted to apply the module’s RF approvals (protection of the spectrum) gained by the module manufacturer to your product but you are responsible for demonstrating the Safety and EMC elements of the R&TTE requirements yourself. Note that the R&TTE CA holds no weight in law but their guidance is considered highly authorative and credible. Personally, I would only choose Bluetooth modules for the EU conforming to EN 300 328 V1.8.1, and not V1.7.1. I cannot recommend a specific module but suggest the following Google *image* search (include the quotation marks). It should provide some initial pointers. bluetooth module declaration conformity “FCC Part 15” “EN 300 328” Just my thoughts... T ----- Original Message ----- From: FW Miller Sent: 07/29/13 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Bluetooth Module Certification Good Day! Any recommenations for a Bluetooth module? One that's been certified for FCC/IC and other countries. What's been your experience(s) for the good, bad & the ugly: buy the module with the vendors's certs vs. obtain your own. Thanks in advance, FW Miller - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to < [email protected] > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas < [email protected] > Mike Cantwell < [email protected] > For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher < [email protected] > David Heald < [email protected] > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
