[Palomides]

hard agree, it sucks immensely that I can design a cool 4 layer PCB with multicore processor in an afternoon, throw on a standard bluetooth module, and have it manufactured and shipped to me in a week for like $100, but heaven forbid I want to sell five of them to fellow nerds on a niche forum without breaking multiple laws, and the path to compliance is, uh, find a consultant with EMI testing experience and industry connections and/or spend $5000?

and then amazon is full of absolutely noncompliant untested stuff with no consequences

[crote]

Don't forget having to spend $X000 for the privilege of being allowed to read the standards you're required to follow, and needing a consultant to tell you which standards you have to follow in the first place.

[negative_zero]

Hard agree that pricing for standards is generally insane. IMO if the law requires it, it should be free + maybe a $10 admin. Anything else is BS. Standards bodies already make a killing off their membership fees. There are alternatives and workarounds though, here is one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452660

If you don't want to hire a consultant then don't. You can do it yourself. Go get a EEE degree and then spend 5-15 years working as a EEE in product development and certification. Then you'll be good to go :)

Or just blind self certify and pay the lawyers, Friendly Spectrum Agency and other spectrum users (like cell phone companies) when they come knocking and asking for damages from you.

Here is a free primer I replied with earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40926870

[buescher]

Amazon absolutely requires sellers to supply FCC certification and Suppliers' Declaration of Conformity documentation for FCC regulated devices. You can report any noncompliant products to them and they do remove them.

Just wait till you learn about say, product liability, CPSC regulations, "voluntary" safety standards, and so on