Here are the list of allowable exemptions: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title47-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title47-vol1-sec15-103.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/p

Here are the list of allowable exemptions: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title47-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title47-vol1-sec15-103.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title47-vol1/pdf/CFR-2... AFAIK, "kit" does not protect against FCC requirements. MY interpretation of CE, however, does allow a lot of lenience for "kits and components" which cannot be used in their supplied form. I.E.: user must perform non-trivial assembly before being able to use said device. Having been through the FCC and CE processes, I'll take FCC any day. For most things, getting past irradiated and conducted emissions is easy enough - getting past ESD is a whole different matter.