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Have you spoken with the FCC recently Jim?  I spoke with them a couple 
of years ago and with today's electronics being so low power they allow 
some producers and manufacturers to do self certification...or so I was 
told.  It seems to depend on the application...i.e. if it's connected to 
a telephone line, can cause interference with other equipment, the 
product's environment, and so forth.

The representative I spoke with said the gotcha is that if you certify 
that it meets their requirements and your product does not, open your 
wallet...or perhaps the better thing to do would be to just give them 
your wallet.

The best thing for Don to do would be to contact the FCC directly.  That 
way he doesn't depend on interpretation.  Testing labs, UL and ETL, are 
certainly going to tell you that everything needs to be tested and 
certified by them.  That's their business and means money in their pockets.


REB


Jim Wagner wrote:

>You want 47cfr15.13 (part 15, section 13).
>
>Unfortunately, testing costs pretty big bucks ($1K to $2K).
>This is not something you can do yourself; it has to be
>done by an FCC certified lab. Depending on where you are in
>the U.S., I can offer at least one recommendtion. I can
>also provide some sense of what is involved and how
>to maximize the odds of passing the first time.
>
>Jim
>
>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:28:32 -0000
> "Don Kirby" <psyclopedia@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Thanks Jim, I knew there was some kind of legal testing
>>protocol to
>>follow.  I'm checking out the FCC part 15 right now.
>>
>>-Don
>>
>>
>>
>>--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Wagner"
>><jim_d_wagner@...> wrote:
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>>>You need to be aware of FCC testing rules! They are
>>>      
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>>spelled
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>>>out in FCC part 15 and I will provide a link when I can
>>>look it up. Technically, you CANNOT sell a digital
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>>device
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>>>with a "clock" in it that runs over a certain frequency
>>>without FCC certification. You can produce up to 200 as
>>>demos but you cannot sell them - you must retain
>>>      
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>>ownership!
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>>>As for quality testing, while FCC does not require it
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>>the
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>>>way CE does, I would try some basic "ESD" testing,
>>>especially if this is going into sites where human
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>>"static
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>>>zaps" can occur. For a real quick test, you can use one
>>>      
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>>of
>>    
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>>>those "BBQ lighters" that makes a spark. Spark to the
>>>chassis and see whether or not it resets or does other
>>>strange things. That will save you lots of grief from
>>>things not operating correctly in the field. 
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:19:58 -0000
>>> "Don Kirby" <psyclopedia@...> wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I've been developing an embedded device for some time
>>>>now, and have
>>>>
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