To the best of my understanding, using a module does NOT mean you can avoid certification for a custom board that uses it. I am a member of the SIG and specifically asked this…but they do not give a 100% clear answer ☹️
> On 20 Apr 2023, at 20:38, Tomek CEDRO <to...@cedro.info> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 9:15 PM Tim Hardisty wrote: >> My longer term plan is to work on USB support for Bluetooth dongles rather >> than dedicated module support as that – should – avoid the need for >> Bluetooth SIG accreditation and fees. Don’t quote me on that! > > Bluetooth SIG membership is free, no? > > Unless you need to certify your own custom hardware.. which is quite > expensive to design, manufacture, and certify.. this is why I found > ESP32* MINI/WROOM modules really convenient as they already have WiFi > and Bluetooth certification + devkits that you can quickly prototype > with even on a breadboard.. other SoC also have this kind of > pre-certified modules :-) > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
