HoonseMar 2

#followerpower

Has anyone of my followers ever designed a pcb that was „sold“ later?
If so, how high was the certification effort?

Id loke to get my pcb to the people but i doubt that many would be able and have the tools to solder it.

My idea would be selling it finished but i want to go 100% safe and legal.

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Show threadzhenech
@Hoonse @revk does that all the time, but I bet this also varies by jurisdiction?
Mar 2 at 8:05amWeb
Show threadRevK Mar 2

@zhenech @Hoonse And even then, I am not 100% sure of "certification". They are explicitly sold as hobbyist dev boards not finished consumer products in an effort to avoid some of the more onerous issues.

At the end of the day, if I, as an individual, can order a custom PCB from a PCB manufacturer without that PCB manufacturer having to "certify" it for compliance, then surely I can then sell that on to someone else on the same basis?

But laws are not always so simple.

Show threadMike SpoonerMar 2
@revk @zhenech @Hoonse Yeah, the variance in consumer-protection laws in different jurisdictions might be a royal pain.
Show threadHoonseMar 2

@revk thank you very much for your reply.

Im in austria and as far as i understood it id need a ce certification wich i can do my own but i have never done that. :/

Im not sure if i could legally resell the manufactured pcb legally without ce.

Countries in europe are going a bit crazy about that. In germany they have a law wich makes it very hard to sell electronics because the seller is also responsible for the electronic waste…

Show threadRevK Mar 2

@Hoonse Ok "seller", "manufacturer", and/or "importer"... Who is responsible?

i.e. in my case manufacturers may be in china, seller may be me or perhaps tindie, importer may be end user.

And is it a consumer product?

These things are complex.

And is there extradition?