Hi,
I've developed a Bluetooth LE + Wi-Fi handeld medical product to be sold worldwide by Q2 2024.
The HW platform includes two precertified modules from u-blox, namely NORA-106 (based on nRF5340) and NINA-W132 (based on ESP32). The module to module communication is AT-command like over the SPI link.
The recent introduction of nRF7002 makes my choice sub-optimal, because an "all NORDIC" solution nRF5340 + nRF7002 would be certainly preferable in terms of flexibiliy, DFU management, dual band mode, etc.
To keep the end price low and board occupation at minimum I thought that soldering the nRF7002 directly on the PCB would be fine. In this case I would tightly replicate the NORDIC indications for BOM, PCB antenna layout, etc.
The problem is how to sustain the certification costs if the expected volume is limited to few thousands ?
I come to my question. Does the NORDIC Qualified Solution's based QuickTrack process toward a Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 end roduct help us to cut out these costs for the Wi-Fi part ?
Thank you
