Post #511981

2026-03-02 06:39 UTC

#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. H

Replies (5)

@zhenech@chaos.social 2026-03-02 08:05

@Hoonse@chaos.social @revk@toot.me.uk does that all the time, but I bet this also varies by jurisdiction?

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@bremner@mathstodon.xyz 2026-03-02 08:09

@Hoonse@chaos.social @minute@merveilles.town might have some ideas about this too. MNT reform seems to sell all kinds of populated boards.

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@Workshopshed@mastodon.scot 2026-03-02 08:38

@Hoonse@chaos.social Clem Mayer from Mayer Makes knows all about getting certification. He was doing group certification to bring down the price per project

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@hennichodernich@radiosocial.de 2026-03-02 08:45

@Hoonse@chaos.social if the board doesn't work on its own, but requires soldering wires to it (or connecting a cable the user has to manufacture themselves) it's a kit and you don't need to do full CE certification. You still need to register it with an e-waste service provider (look up WEEE).

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@svenk@chaos.social 2026-03-02 13:03

@Hoonse@chaos.social selling an empty PCB is straight forward. Selling a "kit" for self-soldering/self-assembly, including properly wrapped components: Will be lots of work hardly worth it if no focus on education. Selling a product-level assembled PCB: You just need CE and WEEE. It is definitely doable within a day of work.

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