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From CC2650 to Production

karl rathbone
Prodigy 60 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2650

Apologies ahead for the rather generic nature of the question.

I've massively enjoyed playing with the cc2650, have developed an app that could prove to be quite useful. It's now at testing phase.  I've managed to create a suitable 3D-printed enclosure for the current design.  The hurdle (and it appears immense) is where to now?!

Should I be aiming to optimize the design with custom PCBs?

I have never tried this but I'm guessing it takes quite a developed skillset. Is there any general guidelines for someone in this position?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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    TI__Guru* 85400 points
    Moving this to "Bluetooth Low Energy" forum.

    Regards,
    Gigi Joseph.
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    TI__Mastermind 29650 points

    Karl,

    It really depends on what you want to achieve with the product. If you want to release it as a final product there are a number of hurdles you need to go through:

    PCB design

    Requires an EDA tool to create PCB designs such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Eagle. They can be difficult to get started with so for a complicated design including RF matching it is recommended to follow the TI reference design layout and PCB stackup as closely as possible for the RF part. If the volumes are low (<~50pcs) then cost can be reduced by quite a lot by hand-soldering on all components needed.

    Certification

    End user products requires certifying it both with the FCC (US) / ETSI (EUR) both also with the Bluetooth SIG. This is a complicated and costly procedure which we have described a little on the following page:

    Best regards,
    Svend

  • 0 in reply to svendbt
    Prodigy 20 points
    Svend,

    The link that you provided for the certification is a little unclear, in my mind. Was the TI chip, the CC2650, itself certified, and all we need to do is get the antenna that we are using (e2e.ti.com/.../1581212 to be certified, or how does that work? It's a wearbles device that we have created.

    Regards,

    Jeff
  • 0 in reply to Jeff Lee5
    TI__Mastermind 33460 points
    Hi Jeff,

    I have responded in your thread. Please see the information there.