User's Manual

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Advanced Information
RN52-DS
The above notice may be affixed to the device instead
of displayed in the user manual.
3.2.2 HELPFUL WEB SITES
Industry Canada: http://www.ic.gc.ca/
3.3 Europe
The RN52 module is an R&TTE Directive assessed
radio module that is CE marked and has been manu-
factured and tested with the intention of being inte-
grated into a final product.
The RN52 module has been tested to R&TTE Directive
1999/5/EC Essential Requirements for Health and
Safety (Article (3.1(a)), Electromagnetic Compatibility
(EMC) (Article 3.1(b)), and Radio (Article 3.2) and are
summarized in Table 3-1: European Compliance Test-
ing. A Notified Body Opinion has also been issued. All
test reports are available on the RN52 product web
page at http://www.microchip.com.
The R&TTE Compliance Association provides guid-
ance on modular devices in document Technical Guid-
ance Note 01 available at http://www.rtteca.com/html/
download_area.htm.
3.3.1 LABELING AND USER
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
The label on the final product which contains the RN52
module must follow CE marking requirements. The
R&TTE Compliance Association Technical Guidance
Note 01 provides guidance on final product CE mark-
ing.
3.3.2 ANTENNA REQUIREMENTS
From R&TTE Compliance Association document Tech-
nical Guidance Note 01:
Provided the integrator installing an assessed
radio module with an integral or specific antenna
and installed in conformance with the radio mod-
ule manufacturer’s installation instructions
requires no further evaluation under Article 3.2
of the R&TTE Directive and does not require fur-
ther involvement of an R&TTE Directive Notified
Body for the final product. [Section 2.2.4]
3.3.3 HELPFUL WEB SITES
A document that can be used as a starting point in
understanding the use of Short Range Devices (SRD)
in Europe is the European Radio Communications
Committee (ERC) Recommendation 70-03 E, which
can be downloaded from the European Radio Commu-
nications Office (ERO) at: http://www.ero.dk/.
Additional helpful web sites are:
• Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equip-
ment (R&TTE):
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/rtte/index_en.htm
• European Conference of Postal and Telecommu-
nications Administrations (CEPT):
http://www.cept.org
• European Telecommunications Standards Insti-
tute (ETSI):
http://www.etsi.org
• European Radio Communications Office (ERO):
http://www.ero.dk
• The Radio and Telecommunications Terminal
Equipment Compliance Association (R&TTE CA):
http://www.rtteca.com/
Note: To maintain conformance to the testing
listed in Ta b l e 3 - 1 , the module shall be
installed in accordance with the installa-
tion instructions in this data sheet and
shall not be modified.
When integrating a radio module into a
completed product the integrator
becomes the manufacturer of the final
product and is therefore responsible for
demonstrating compliance of the final
product with the essential requirements of
the R&TTE Directive.