Bluetooth SIG EPL

RE: Bluetooth SIG EPL

David Edwin — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:10:59 GMT

Yes, this is correct, if you want the EPL listing you need to be registered with the BT SIG.

RE: Bluetooth SIG EPL

RK — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:10:49 GMT

This is all on the Bluetooth site with presentations, FAQs in multiple languages, they also have a place you can submit a ticket and ask them directly, you're really better off doing that and telling them about your exact specific case.

Listing process updates: www.bluetooth.org/.../listing-process-updates

Fees and link to their ticket system to ask questions: www.bluetooth.org/.../fees

Bottom line - $2500 bucks is the minimum for the first product from a new company, then it's 4K or 8K after that even if you use already-qualified modules and stick strictly to the reference designs.

I still think this was a bit of a regrettable move from the BT SIG which undid a lot of the good work they had done making BTLE affordable, available and innovative.

RE: Bluetooth SIG EPL

gaminn — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:44:10 GMT

I can see nrf51 SDK is listed in qualified designs in www.bluetooth.org/.../listings.cfm . Does it mean that when I use Bluetooth qualified BLE module and your nrf51 SDK then I just use theirs QDIDs in my EPL application? So I don't have to qualify anything?

RE: Bluetooth SIG EPL

Øyvind Karlsen — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:25:47 GMT

The way I see it there is no straightforward solution, maybe you could try to contact Bluetooth SIG and ask them about this?

RE: Bluetooth SIG EPL

gaminn — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 07:15:37 GMT

OK, thanks, I understand that 2500 - 8000 USD fee is inevitable to do EPL. We have a BLE device which will use BLE qualified module but the device can't use any recognized GATT profile (it's not heart rate monitor, thermometer or so). It just needs to send some arbitrary data to a central. Is there a Bluetooth qualified stack enabling us to send the data (something like BLE serial port will be useful) so when we do Bluetooth EPL we just say that we used this qualified module and this qualified BLE stack and they approve it? Developing our own GATT profile is out of our scope as we think passing Bluetooth qualification will be difficult and too expensive for us as our device will be produced in very limited quantity. Or, to reformulate my question, what is the easiest and cheapest way to implement BLE to a product produced in limited quantity (tens of pieces)? Is it even feasible, when we expect the product will sell for only few hundred of USDs? That's a question....

RE: Bluetooth SIG EPL

Øyvind Karlsen — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 06:42:59 GMT

Hi,

If you want to use BLE in your product, you need to be registered with Bluetooth SIG. There is no way around this.

Best regards,

Øyvind