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FCC testing required?
golf32:
Hi, I'm a new engineer and I've been contracted to design a product for a client. It's a simple micro-controller board for storm water management, nothing crazy. I've been reading into FCC regulations for selling products, and I believe I need to have compliance testing done.
Here are some relevant details:
* 24v input, powered either by a solar system or off the shelf mains converter
* optional cellular module (external unit, already certified)
* 8MHz microcontroller
My client is a contractor and plans to install these as part of a system inside of a cabinet, and also wants the option to sell the individual boards later.
Sorry if this has been asked a million times, this sort of thing can be stressful.
JohnnyMalaria:
--- Quote ---Today the majority of electronic-electrical products use digital logic, operating between 9 kHz to 3000 GHz and are regulated under 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B.
--- End quote ---
https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/rfdevice
https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=c7be03a4f7b02514cea89421fc363794&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title47/47cfr15_main_02.tpl
There are some interesting exemptions:
https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=039215141eb74469b249fbbe7bbef744&mc=true&node=se47.1.15_1103&rgn=div8
golf32:
Thanks for the reply.
I've read through those documents, and unfortunately I don't think my device falls under any of the exemptions.
Just wanted to make 100% sure.
JohnnyMalaria:
Hmm, I wonder if there's scope for exemption in this depending on your client's target customers:
--- Quote ---(b) A digital device used exclusively as an electronic control or power system utilized by a public utility or in an industrial plant. The term public utility includes equipment only to the extent that it is in a dedicated building or large room owned or leased by the utility and does not extend to equipment installed in a subscriber's facility.
(c) A digital device used exclusively as industrial, commercial, or medical test equipment.
--- End quote ---
Is this device similar to anything else on the market? If so, does they have FCCIDs?
golf32:
This design is a replacement for something he had someone else make. From what I've been told I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't tested, but that is a good lead. Thanks for all the help.
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