Mark, If you are selling components or subsystems it is the responsibility of the company selling the final product to get any FCC approvals. There are exemptions from approval requirements for instruments and other types of devices. You can find the information on the web under the Code of Federal Regulations (FCC regulations are in the first sections). I think section 15 is the one you want. http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=199647 Good luck. Mark A. Corio Rochester MicroSystems, Inc. 200 Buell Road, Suite 9 Rochester, NY 14624 Tel: (716) 328-5850 Fax: (716) 328-1144 e-mail: rmi@frontiernet.net http://www.frontiernet.net/~rmi/ ****** Designing Electronics for Research and Industry ****** ---------- From: Mark Winters To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Any PIC-based Product NOT require FCC Approval? Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 1:33 AM Hello All, My apologies for the "newbie" question -- I was hoping someone on this list might know or could point me to information on how to find out if a product requires FCC approval before selling it commercially. Perhaps a couple of examples would help to clarify the question: 1. If I were to build a *very* simple 12C508-based, 3v circuit that simply flashes an LED at some varying rate, would I require FCC approval to sell it (assuming, of course, that anyone wants to buy it :-) ? If I installed this same simple circuit into two different plastic "toys", would I need to get separate approval on each form of the toy, even though the internal circuits are identical? 2. What if I'm working with a single customer that needs a few "custom" PIC- based circuits installed to, say, enhance their warehouse security system. Each circuit may or may not be the same as the others. Would I need to get FCC approval on these before I could sell and install them? Sorry if this has already been covered. Thanks in advance for any pointers! Mark Winters