Navigating global market access: how Raspberry Pi supports OEMs
Bringing a new product to market is never easy, especially when that market is in another country. Each region has its own regulations to follow and certifications to obtain before you can sell or even import an electrical or electronic device; this process, known as Global Market Access (GMA), can quickly become a costly and time-consuming barrier for manufacturers. That’s why Raspberry Pi has developed a comprehensive in-house approvals regime, designed to remove as much hassle as possible for our OEM (original equipment manufacturer) customers, whether they’re using our computers, our microcontrollers, or our compute modules.
What is Global Market Access?
Manufacturers and importers know how challenging it can be to introduce electrical or electronic products into new countries: there are always plenty of barriers, costs, and challenges involved. With very little alignment on compliance requirements around the world, products often need to be re-certified whenever they enter a new market.
The process of gaining product compliance approvals can be complex, with GMA requirements differing to varying degrees depending on where you are or where your product is going. Compliance procedures can range from as little as submitting application paperwork to government agencies and certifiers (like South Africa’s ICASA or Thailand’s NBTC) to as much as full-scale, in-country testing of the product itself (as required for SRRC approval in China or ANATEL approval in Brazil).
At Raspberry Pi, we like to tackle this complexity head-on. Our products undergo global compliance certification before they even reach our industrial customers, enabling them to integrate our hardware quickly and with as little headache as possible.
Using Raspberry Pi in your host device? We (pre-)approve!
Using a pre-approved Raspberry Pi module can help you bypass some of these compliance hurdles. In most markets, this means you can avoid compliance testing altogether and simply skip to the good bit. However, some countries don’t recognise modular certification, or have strict rules and restrictions for its use; in those cases, the final host device must go through its own approval process.
That’s where our in-house GMA team comes in. With decades of experience and over 500 successful GMA applications made, we’ve built a global network of compliance experts, certifiers, and testing labs spanning 150 countries. Our GMA team can manage the entire approval process for your host device, covering everything from initial gap analysis and testing all the way to labelling and documentation.
This turnkey solution is designed to minimise your workload and lower the risk of compliance failure or delays; we’re here to make your product development and launch as stress-free as possible.
Accessing our documentation via PIP
Regulatory paperwork is only useful if you can actually find it when it’s needed. To make things easier, we store all of ours in the Raspberry Pi Product Information Portal (or PIP for short) — a central hub where OEMs can access all the relevant compliance documents for Raspberry Pi products quickly and easily.
By signing up and completing an NDA, you’ll gain immediate access to documentation you can download and present to customs officers, regulators, or enforcement agencies worldwide.
Need help?
If you have any questions about product compliance, market-specific regulations, or how to certify a host device using Raspberry Pi hardware, get in touch with our GMA team at compliance@raspberrypi.com.
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