nrf52 nfc certification

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

bjorn-spockeli — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:23:41 GMT

Hi Abimat,

according to the NFC Forum Certification Policy, found here.

The following elements, while deemed necessary for the successful deployment of an NFC Compliant Device, are currently outside the scope of the NFC Forum Certification Program:

• Certification of NFC Forum Tag Types

• Regulatory requirements and government approvals

• Application layer certification.

So it would seem that you need to certified for FCC and IC separately. The applicable regulations appear to be:

FCC:

47 CFR § 15.225 - Operation within the band 13.110-14.010 MHz.( https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/15.225 )
47 CFR § 15.209 - Radiated emission limits; general requirements. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/15.209)

IC:

RSS210 B.6 (https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01320.html#sb)

I am not an expert on regulatory requirements so please contact a testing lab to confirm which regulations that apply.

Best regards

Bjørn

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

Neel — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:32:56 GMT

Hello bjorn,

We have a similar query as well.

We need to use the product in US as well as Canada. We were wondering if you can suggest if the NFC tag needs to be separately certified for FCC as well as IC or not. Since it is a passive tag we are not completely sure of the testing requirements.

Thanks

Ambimat.

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

vea45 — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:41:28 GMT

I also found this on NFC's forum: nfc-forum.org/.../

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:17:59 GMT

In the NFC Forum Certification Program FAQ 2014, found here, the following statement is given regarding NFC Tag Certification.

Should we certify our tags?

At this time, the NFC Forum does not have a certification program for tags. We do, however, test aspects of tag operation. An NFC Forum Certified Device's reader and writer functionality is tested as part of the Certification Program, which ensures that those portions of tag communication interoperate with an NFC Forum specified tag.

The Forum has mandated four tag types that can be used with NFC-enabled devices. Tag providers are encouraged to obtain a free license to use the N-Mark.

-Bjørn

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

vea45 — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:16:22 GMT

I though the same, but I wanted to know if it's strictly necessary to pay to use the NFC (like the bluetooth license...).

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

endnode — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:42:10 GMT

I believe there are the same two classes of certifications as for 2.4GHz Bluetooth radio: regulatory (such as FCC) and trademark (such as "NFC forum" or "ISO" compliance). For active components on 13.56MHz (what you probably call NFC) such as smart card readers you need similar regulatory approvals as for active 2.4GHz devices (FCC in the US etc.) For strictly passive device such as cards/tags (or its emulation in this case) you probably don't need any beside global FCC compliance over whole spectrum but you should check for each market you want to sell. For second group of certificates you can decide if it is worth money to get a sticker on the box. And usually it is. So there are "ISO" (= it means ISO14443 compliance) test suites and certification labs, also "NFC forum" approved testing labs and so on. I'd definitely recommend o run ISO tests at least internally, because this is the only "industry" standard in case that your customer or some reader producer finds incompatibility with your particular product.

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

vea45 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:49:49 GMT

nfc-forum.org/.../

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

vea45 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:48:59 GMT

nfc-forum.org/.../

RE: nrf52 nfc certification

DJM — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:30:43 GMT

I don't think it's necessary. Unless your country has legal requirements that state you have to or if you're selling it in a product.

Edit: I did mean to post this as a comment as this isn't a full answer to your questions.

This may be useful reading processors.wiki.ti.com/.../How_to_Certify_your_Bluetooth_product