Re: [DIYbio] Fwd: The institutionalization of OSHW

Ryan

>>"A bit later, a representative from Sparkfun stepped up to speak about FCC compliance.  He explained to us what he called the "good news":  its actually only about 1000 bucks to get tested (ignoring your time and effort to get it >>done) if you are an "unintentional radiator" (that is you don't use wireless).  If you do, I may misremember but its 10k USD.  And by the way, kits, partial products, etc are not exempt so pay up!  Also, amazingly enough if you >>make 5+ items for your personal use, pay up.  But 1-4 is fine.  Of course this is only for the USA.  There's a similar but different regulatory body in every other country."

>Can you explain what is being regulated here? I'm confused.

The FCC tests regulate how much electromagnetic energy is (in the 1000 buck case) being unintentionally emitted over certain frequencies, in an effort to assure these unintentional emissions do not interfere with communications signals.  These are usually split into "radiated"  and "conducted"  (conducted applies to something hooked to line voltages or power outlets.  It would not apply to something powered by batteries)  The only reason I mention the two general types of radiation is that the price for getting the testing done will depend on whether you have something plugged into an outlet or not.

Steve

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:28 PM, General Oya <generaloya@gmail.com> wrote:
"A bit later, a representative from Sparkfun stepped up to speak about FCC compliance.  He explained to us what he called the "good news":  its actually only about 1000 bucks to get tested (ignoring your time and effort to get it done) if you are an "unintentional radiator" (that is you don't use wireless).  If you do, I may misremember but its 10k USD.  And by the way, kits, partial products, etc are not exempt so pay up!  Also, amazingly enough if you make 5+ items for your personal use, pay up.  But 1-4 is fine.  Of course this is only for the USA.  There's a similar but different regulatory body in every other country."

Can you explain what is being regulated here? I'm confused.

Thanks,
Ryan

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DIYbio" group.
To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
 
 

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DIYbio" group.
To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
 
 

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

0 comments:

Post a Comment