Hi, i am searching for infos about my concrete BLE-Sig certification situation but i cannot see the forest because of all the trees :o)
i am currently developing a BLE product, and so far i found out, that every end-product will need a EPL, that will cost me about 8000usd for each product (maybe 2500usd...). is this correct? or will i pay the 8000usd for the membership and listing is for free? (i found some different informations because of the new and old SIG-process) the product will use a switch, a led, a voltage regulator, a battery and the nRF51822. now i have to build the pcb, and there are some various options. first i thought it would save a lot of costs, especially regarding fcc and BT-SIG to use a precertified module (eg. Dynastream N548 or similar). but modules are big and expensive, so i have to calculate if it is worth.. I think i got the main-points regarding FCC, but i do not understand BT-SIG.. i finally found the SIG-guide from nordic, and now i am totally confused :o)
can anybody tell me, what is the actual difference in costs regarding certifications when i use a precertified module versus i build my own hardware? thanks!!!
one more thing, i also planed to sell not only the final product to end users, but also to sell my final pcb to other companies, so they can use it for their products. this seems to bring further challenges regarding BT-SIG?
i hope you can help me out, and maybe this infos will help also other users!? thanks.
