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EK-TM4C129EXL: Is there a production version of this board?

Ethan McDonald
Prodigy 30 points
Part Number: EK-TM4C129EXL

Hello,

While developing on the EK-TM4C129EXL, we noticed there is "For evaluation only: not FCC approved for resale" printed on the bottom of the board. Is there a version of this that actually is for resale? We would like to use this in a product we will be releasing, and ideally, we do not want to spend a lot of money getting these boards FCC approved if we do not need to. If there is not a version designed for resale, is there a way we can copy the design while still keeping the FCC approval?

Thank you

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    TI__Guru*** 128235 points
    Hello Ethan,

    That does not exist. You will need to get FCC approval for your design.
  • 0 in reply to Ralph Jacobi
    Prodigy 30 points
    Thank you for the quick reply. Do you guys offer a service to get the approvals done? We are just worried we are going to have to spend around $25000 to get the certifications done. We really like these Dev. platforms, but if we can't implement them in finish products then we might have to go to something else.
  • 0 in reply to Ethan McDonald
    TI__Guru*** 128235 points
    Hello Ethan,

    I think you are misunderstanding our offerings. The LaunchPad's and BoosterPack's are just that, ONLY for Development. There are a select few cases with some wireless devices where the dev kit contains an FCC-approved Module, but even in this circumstance it is only the Module, not the full LaunchPad or BoosterPack, that is FCC-approved.

    We don't offer services like that from TI, but we do have third party design partners who can assist. They can be researched at: www.ti.com/.../searchcatalog.tsp
  • 0 in reply to Ethan McDonald
    Guru 54087 points
    While other countries have no FCC to contend or pay huge unreasonable fees to begin with. Hard to imagine why only 25/49Mhz was for ever the only FCC free user zones. With HD digital TV broadcasting in all stations G3 cells that restriction should be lifted to include at least 500Mhz portable equipment.
  • 0 in reply to Genatco
    TI__Guru*** 128235 points
    Hello BP101,

    Europe actually has even stricter regulations than FCC does at this point and testing fees are comparable. As far as particular restrictions goes, some of it depends on what bands are being reserved for specific applications. Like for example, the 77 GHz band is being reserved more and more for automotive radar. I don't know the logic that goes into the decisions, but I don't foresee many 'lifts' in regulations... we'll more see that they will be crimped down further instead.
  • 0 in reply to Genatco
    Guru 117850 points

    BP101 said:
    While other countries have no FCC (with which) to contend

    Good that vendor's Ralph (properly) disagreed!

    Even some 30 years earlier - as a young Army Officer sent to Germany - my Ham License was issued by the 'Deutsche Bundespost' - and they (indeed) placed (highly) similar - spectral restrictions!     They were a key regulatory arm of German Telecommunications!    (And greatly resembled the U.S. FCC!)

    Might your use of  'other countries'  be (far more) tightly confined (perhaps even investigated) - prior to,  'Proven tendency to Paint - with an (overly) broad (sometimes errant) brush?'

  • 0 in reply to cb1_mobile
    Guru 54087 points

    Free world government all part of the swamp trying to tax regulate anything they can think of but I referring to India and China. No one would argue the point if the fee was fair respectively of any gain/profit. Last news heard was 1.2Ghz being considered free band for RC gadgets. If China or India now has a FCC fee how does it compare to US fees?

    RC air plane guys were not so happy when nose dives 1.2Ghz came out of no where. Not sure why launch pad would be any worse even with short range blue tooth if placed inside grounded metal shield box with short cut out slot for antenna signal. There must be some loop hole in this license issue or it would not be worth the effort. We never registered our portable 4Mhz CPU back in '85 put it right out there with all the other local bands but boards sat inside heavy gauge metal chassis along with 5" diagonal CRT.