Done right, product compliance opens up new markets and sets your product apart. Done wrong, it can mean lost sales, destroyed stock, and fines. In the latest episode of the Raspberry Pi Podcast, Alex Branton, Global Market Access Lead at Raspberry Pi, talks to Tom Westcott, who leads product compliance, about how Raspberry Pi helps industrial customers bring fully compliant products to market faster.

Together, they cover what product compliance actually means and how testing works, from Raspberry Pi’s in-house 3-metre RF anechoic chamber to formal testing at UKAS-accredited labs. Tom explains the extra testing Raspberry Pi carries out, including shock and vibration tests, thermal modelling, reliability studies, UV-accelerated weathering, and XRF material analysis. They also explain how to find declarations of conformity, FCC approvals, and test reports on the Raspberry Pi Product Information Portal (PIP), and how to subscribe to receive product change notifications (PCNs).

The discussion also covers Raspberry Pi’s Global Market Access (GMA) service — which handles country-specific approvals on your behalf — and the support available at each stage of the design cycle.

Find everything you need on our Product Information Portal

All our certificates, declarations of conformity, and test reports are on our Product Information Portal, where you can browse and download documents and notices for all Raspberry Pi products. You can also subscribe to receive product change notifications. If you need approvals in a new country, our Global Market Access service can get them for you.

Connecting you with the right designers

Our network of approved Design Partners can help take your idea from concept to market. Countless businesses use Raspberry Pi to jump-start the design process of their products, and to build in proven, powerful computing. If you have an idea or a product and need a design partner to help you integrate Raspberry Pi technology, we can connect you with designers who can help.

From the cutting-room floor

One of our hosts tells the story of the only other time he’s been on camera: a health and safety video about hard hats, in which he held his newborn daughter next to the actor who played Harry Potter’s dad. Spoiler alert: just like James Potter, his character doesn’t meet a pleasant end…

In another outtake, the hosts accidentally mess with the visual continuity of the episode.

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