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You're basically right with the second paragraph; a Pi in a box is a different "product" from a Pi under CE rules, and the person putting...

You're basically right with the second paragraph; a Pi in a box is a different "product" from a Pi under CE rules, and the person putting the Pi in the box and selling it is a "manufacturer" with all the CE and WEEE liabilities thereof. The Pi is certified for radiated emissions - as "EN 55022 Class A product". http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/109e/090076... See discussion of class A vs class B: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-TR... Effectively, this puts some of the interference mitigation responsibility onto the customer. It's entirely missing the ESD certifications which might normally be applied to cased products. If it had wifi that would trigger a whole other class of certification requirements. The whole thing is tedious and hateful. I wish there was some way to get rid of it without people immediately flooding the market with cheap high emission SMPS.

Posted by pjc50 on Feb 9, 2015, 3:40 PM

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You're basically right with the second paragraph; a Pi in a box is a different "product" from a Pi under CE rules, and the person putting...

pjc50Feb 9, 2015, 3:40 PM

You're basically right with the second paragraph; a Pi in a box is a different "product" from a Pi under CE rules, and the person putting the Pi in the box and selling it is a "manufacturer" with all the CE and WEEE liabilities thereof. The Pi is certified for radiated emissions - as "EN 55022 Class A product". http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/109e/090076... See discussion of class A vs class B: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-TR... Effectively, this puts some of the interference mitigation responsibility onto the customer. It's entirely missing the ESD certifications which might normally be applied to cased products. If it had wifi that would trigger a whole other class of certification requirements. The whole thing is tedious and hateful. I wish there was some way to get rid of it without people immediately flooding the market with cheap high emission SMPS.

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