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Licensing Fees

Arun Goyal
Prodigy 10 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2530, Z-STACK

My company is currently in the process of Developing a Home Automation Solution using CC2530 .  Do we have to use any Royalty if we use Z-Stacks in our product.

 

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    TI__Genius 9180 points

    Hi,

        The ZigBee stack is considered to be IP of the ZigBee Alliance. To use this you just need to be a member of the ZigBee Alliance, which you will anyway need to be to certify you devices. Please visit this link for more information http://www.zigbee.org/Join/HowtoJoin.aspx.


    Regars, TC.

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    Guru 735685 points

    If there is no need to certify your product for Zigbee alliance, no royal fee is needed. Otherwise, you need to join as an adopter member at least ($3,500 (USD) for a 12-month period, renewable on the anniversary date of the membership contract. Also subject to a Logo Administration Fee for products passing the ZigBee Certified program of $1,000 for the first product SKU and $500 for each additional SKU.) and pay the certification fee for the labs you choose.

  • 0 in reply to YiKai Chen
    TI__Genius 16570 points

    Hi,

    Let me please first clarify that there are no fees associated to using the TI Z-stack product. When you install the release, you need to accept the end user license agreement which allows you to use the SW in conjunction with TI radios. 

    I am adding the membership FAQ section from the ZIgBee Alliance website for further clarification on the use of ZigBee technology and ZigBee Alliance membership requirements and benefits.

    http://www.zigbee.org/Join/MembershipFAQ.aspx

    TI offers an already certified core stack which can be used as a platform for the design and the production of devices that implement a specific application profile, private or public.

    If your company uses a public application profile and you want to certify your device in regards to that public application profile to guarantee your device is inter-operable, then you would have to submit for product certification.

    Thanks,

    TheDarkSide