Bluetooth SIG Declaration as OEM of a limited module?

[Benjamin Schlegel]

Hi,

I have seen alot about the declaration process with the Bluetooth SIG but couldnt find my specific case.

We made a BLE application with the NRF51, a PCB Antenna, SD130 and some other components. All of this is part of the PCB of the final product. We passed all regulatory tests with (FFC/IC and EN300328). We are applying for a limited modular approval with FCC with this design. All of this we made for our customer which takes the final PCB and puts it in his product.

What I am not sure about is the process for SIG declaration. As we dont sell our PCB on the free market, but our customer does. So our customer needs to do the SIG declaration. Do we need to have any interaction with SIG? Can our customer just use the QDID from SD130V2.0.1? We dont use any predefined Services or Characterstic from SIG.

Does SD130  count as "a product that incorporates an existing Bluetooth design"? Physical RF specification I have to proof to FCC/IC etc. but compliance with Bluetooth protocol is only defined by the stack? 

Thank you for help!

[ketiljo]

You don't have to do much for the Blueooth SIG It's the end customer that must list the the product and pay the listing fee to Bluetooth SIG. But it will help them of you do the RF-PHY test on the module. Then they can refer to the relevant QDID's when they list the product; stack and component from Nordic and the RF-PHY test from you. Plus re-use FCC ID of course. 

[Benjamin Schlegel]

Not sure what you mean by RF-PHY Test. Do you mean regulatory tests for FCC/ETSI? Or is for SIG declaration some physical testing necessary. From my understanding is compliance with Bluetooth given by the Softdevice.

[ketiljo]

It's part of the Bluetooth testing, different from regulatory testing. 

All QDIDs can normally be re-used, but unless your HW is identical to the nRF51 HW, a re-test of the RF-PHY would be needed. It's basically a re-test of QDID 43016

This has to be done by a BQTF