RE: certification BLE wicth nRF24L01+

Jay Tyzzer — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:39:45 GMT

1) If you are sending a BLE packet, i.e. a device that is operating and based on the Bluetooth Specification and you plan on commercializing it then you need to have it certified. The Packet structure you stated is based on this specification.

2) Nordic has not qualified the nRF24L01+ with the Bluetooth Sig and has no plans on doing so. (The nRF24L01+ is not recommended for new designs) So you would need to take your product thru Physical Testing. $$$$$

3) You would not be using a qualified stack so you would need to take your firmware and have it certified. $$$$$

4) You will need to be a member of the Bluetooth Sig. https://www.bluetooth.com/develop-with-bluetooth/join/

I would suggest that you look at one of the nRF528xx devices that are qualified already, that run a qualified Stack (Softdevice). That way you use Nordic's QDID for that combo and only have to do a End Product listing. You will need to be a member of the BT Sig. There are tiers of memberships with tiered pricing. I suggest you contact the Sig at www.bluetooth.com for more information on this and qualification.

If all you want to do is transmit advertising packets only then I suggest the nRF52810 or the nRF52811 running the Softdevice S112. "The S112 SoftDevice is a Bluetooth® Low Energy peripheral protocol stack solution." Those two parts have a small memory footprint and would be excellent for your application. And it gives you a migration path up if you decide you wish use a part with more memory and peripherals

Good luck which ever way you go..

Jay