ZigBee Certification for Commercial purposes

[Markiian]

Hi. I am working on a product for industrial automation using nRF52840 and 52833 chips.

As described in the documentation, these SoCs are listed as ZigBee Compliant Platforms when used with the referenced SDK files.

My question here is:

Do I still need to certify the end-product with ZigBee if I use the existing stack from Zigbee 3.0 for nRF Connect SDK?

[Simonr]

Hi

Yes, you will need to perform Zigbee End Product Certification for your end-products. What you can skip is the Zigbee Compliant Platform Certification, as that is taken care of in our stack. 

Even if the stack is certified, we can't guarantee that products developed using it follows the specifications, which is why the End product certification is necessary.

Best regards,

Simon

[Markiian]

Thank you for your reply. 

Assuming the price for certification is big for a small startup, I would like to ask a follow up question:

Is there a way to overcome certification when using the existing module, for example uBlox?

If not, is there a wireless communication supported by nRF chips that has the simplest certification requirements when used with reference design or pre-existing modules?

Thanks

[Simonr]

Hi

I'm afraid Zigbee end product certification needs to be done for every end-product. It is done to make sure that both the application and HW follows the Zigbee certfication, so existing modules will also need to be certified. Check out this page for details on pricing, and the certification process.

Most certification processes of the well-known communication standards are rather pricy and require a certification process. Other standards that are similar to Zigbee are Thread and Bluetooth Mesh.

Best regards,

Simon