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  2.   How to Qualify Your Bluetooth Low Energy Product
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Bluetooth Qualification
    1. 2.1 CC13xx and CC26xx Guidelines
      1. 2.1.1 Product Listing Creation
        1. 2.1.1.1 Product Listing Creation Using a Component QDID
        2. 2.1.1.2 Product Listing Creation Using a End Product Listing QDID
      2. 2.1.2 CC13xx and CC26xx Qualified Designs
      3. 2.1.3 Information regarding errata
        1. 2.1.3.1 Erratum 10734
        2. 2.1.3.2 Erratum 11838
      4. 2.1.4 Applicable TCRL
    2. 2.2 CC23xx Guidelines
      1. 2.2.1 Product Listing Creation
      2. 2.2.2 CC23xx Qualified Designs
    3. 2.3 CC254x Guidelines
      1. 2.3.1 Qualified Designs CC254x
    4. 2.4 RF PHY Test Parameters
    5. 2.5 How to Enable Bluetooth and Regulatory Test Modes
      1. 2.5.1 Bluetooth RF-PHY Testing
        1. 2.5.1.1 Regulatory Approval Testing
    6. 2.6 FAQ
  6. 3FCC Certification
    1. 3.1 FCC ID
  7. 4CE Certification
  8. 5Industry Canada (IC) Certification
    1. 5.1 IC-ID
  9. 6References
  10.   Revision History

2 Bluetooth Qualification

In order to release a Bluetooth end product to market, the solution needs to be Qualified. Texas Instruments provides Qualified Design Listings (QDL) [2] with corresponding Qualified Design Identification (QDID) for all Bluetooth Low Energy wireless MCUs and associated Bluetooth Low Energy software stacks. This means that no Bluetooth Low Energy software stack testing is required by the customer. Bluetooth SIG rules specify that Qualified Components have a validity period of three (3) years, at which time they may not be available for new End Product Listings (EPLs).

In addition to the BLE-Stack compliance, RF-PHY testing must be performed to ensure the physical performance of the radio and antenna interface meet the minimum Bluetooth RF-PHY performance requirements. This is directly connected to the complete hardware (end product) design. Texas Instruments typically performs End Product Listing (EPL) and RF-PHY qualification on selected development kits that implement a TI reference design and the associated QDIDs are provided when available. TI RF-PHY and EPL QDIDs may be referenced for end product qualification if the RF-PHY design is close enough and follows the design guidelines from the associated TI reference design. A Bluetooth Qualification Consultant [7] (BQC) may assess if further RF-PHY testing is required with your product. End product designers are responsible for complying with the Bluetooth SIG requirements.

RF-PHY testing has to be done by a Bluetooth Qualified Test Facility (BQTF), (such as 7Layers [3], Dekra [4], TUV Rheinland [5] and Wipro [6]). Typically, the test houses also have a BQC, which can be used for further guidance through the qualification process.

The guidelines in this document follow the Bluetooth Qualification and Declaration Processes[9] on the Bluetooth SIG website and can be used to complete the Qualification and Declaration Process.