Project14 Prizes

kmikemoo said:

Herein lies the problem:  Right now, it's a spectrum analyzer BUT... once I have one, it's no longer a motivator.  It used to be a decent soldering station, then a hot air station, then a bench power supply, then a multifunction device like the Analog Discovery 3 or the ADALM 2000...  

I think that this is perfect. A road test should be run (opinion!) by people that are eager to run it. I always hope that an item is reviewed by someone that desires the instrument. And then tempers that desire and gives a neutral report

 ntewinkel Most of us (all of us commenting) here have judged competitions - so you know that even the crazy, simple or simple elegant can win. 

The process did result in some errors and back-ordered parts were quite problematic, but I don't have any complaints, overall, I have received a ton of useful stuff from the program and it has saved me a ton of money.

I also never trigger any complaints or requested correction. Just saying that errors happended as part of this manual process. Definitelly Project14 bring me lot of fun and rewards bring me lot of very interesting parts as well as saved a lot of money.

where have you seen this? project14 has always looked so disorganized with themes and current contests being kind of hard to find. and looking at the project14 section, i don't see anything about prizes. 

thank you!

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It is not assigned to Project14, but look like new format and conditions of Project14 competitions.

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The problem that I’ve had in the past with shopping carts is the availability of items.  Farnell/Newark hasn’t in the past done as well as other distributors in terms of inventory of the types of items that would help me most for new projects.  I buy a lot of sub $100 development boards and sensors and have had difficulty finding parts in stock.  And backordering stuff was a nightmare for Tariq because the process didn’t work.  

I much prefer the Visa/Mastercard ecard.  I default to checking Newark first but would like the ability to purchase something if it were only available elsewhere.

I agree with javagoza For years, I wanted to have an oscilloscope. Project14 cart prize enabled me to buy my choice of scope from the website and now I have my first ever USB oscilloscope. The cart coupons were are great way to buy what you need and use them for future projects. There are already enough contests like design challenges that provide consumer electronics - laptops, tablets, etc as prizes and not to forget the kit that you get to keep for participating in the design contests.
I hope the cart prizes are restored in near future.

I too had an admiration for and recommended Apple products 30 years ago. My admiration for Apple products was so deep that it inspired me to pursue a career in software development. When I finally landed a job at Apple, I was eager to contribute to a company I admired. However, my enthusiasm quickly faded when I witnessed the company's less-than-ideal practices firsthand.

One particularly troubling incident occurred during a marketing campaign where customers could receive a discount for turning in their old computers. As a volunteer for Engineers Without Borders, I suggested that these second-hand devices be donated to those in need. To my dismay, Apple's response was a resounding no. Instead, they had planned to publicly destroy the computers with a steamroller as part of a cynical marketing stunt.

This experience shattered my admiration for Apple. It has been my only resignation from a job. That said, I have to admit that I still have an iPad Air and a Mac Book Air that I won in other design challenges and that I use to keep up to date in my profession as an application developer. At work I develop payment applications for iPhone and Android. On a personal level I don't have a smartphone, I'm a free man