Welcome to the top 10 blog post-round-up, where we showcase the most engaging and informative posts from the element14 community in the past year. 2022 has been a year full of new developments and innovations in the world of technology, and our community members have been sharing their expertise and insights on a wide range of topics. From the competition entries of project14 555 timers and robotics to practical tips and tutorials on programming and electronics, these blog posts offer valuable information and inspiration for anyone interested in technology.

As we start to pull in your votes for your top content of 2022, the content of which you can follow along with and vote for in the Member Awards & Year in Review group for 'review22' - I thought we should reflect on some of the great content that's been created and viewed by our members over the year!

So without further ado, let's look at the top 10 blog posts viewed on the element14 community for 2022.

The Possibly Unexpected Top 10 Blogs That You Might Have Missed!

You might be surprised by some of these blog posts! Collected together by a special mixture of analytics, the top 10 member-visited blogs you may not have realised were popular!

1. shabaz 's Pi Pico Eurocard Development Board  

What's better than the Raspberry Pi Pico? Free accessories for the Pi Pico! Shabaz wowed everyone by developing a breakout board and allowing everyone to make and order their own, even giving some away for free!

2.  Jan Cumps 's  Sound and Vibration Measurement: Instrument Network Service for LabVIEW Pt8: Alpha phase of functionality - Service and LabVIEW Development done 

Part of a blog series, Jan leads us through their LabView driver and Raspberry Pi services. 

3. jc2048 's  555 Phase-Locked Loop (PLL)  

Everyone loves 555 timers. So much so that people celebrate its birthday. Well this time it's voltage controlled and in a PLL.

4.  fmilburn  's  Raspberry Pi BLE and WiFi Internet Radio  

This's one project we've kept an eye on, retro style Bluetooth radio with WiFi? Count us in!

5. dougw 's  Stripper Shootout  

The name may make it sound like a 'risky click' but you can always trust Doug to come through with thought-provoking content!

6. Gough Lui 's  The "Secret Santa" Makes a Delivery!  

Not all giveaways happen on the element14 Community - some happen from our online stores, and we love reading blogs about people enjoying and receiving the prizes given out from us and them!

7. genebren 's  Hand soldering a VQFN24 part to a PCB  

Being able to solder is a skill, being able to solder with a steady hand is envious, being able to solder small components? Amazing.

8. guillengap 's  Mini Elevator Arty S7 #1 - Introduction  

I find FPGA's to be somewhat mystical. The bridge between software and hardware, it's great when our members post blog series, and even better when they're linked together ;)

9. michaelkellett 's  A 1970 Power Amplifier - how good can it be !  

Everyone has the power to improve hardware with electronics 

10. embeddedguy 's  A step closer to create fall detector with MPU6050  

The epitome of community support? Creating libraries for hardware components - interpreting datasheets can be a dark art in itself, but commendable!

Now that my curated top-ten experiment is over, let's go for the other top tens!

The Top 10 Blogs by Community Visits!

1.straf 's  STRANGER SEGS - Season Two 

I love puns, and I love seven segment displays and electronics, what a fantastic combination - seems everyone else felt the same way!

2.rahulkhanna 's  AI-powered Fully Automated Voice-Controlled Coffee maker  

One of the very first IoT devices was a coffee maker. Continuing the tradition!

3. shabaz 's  Energy Saving: Building a Microcontroller-based System Power Controller  

I can appreciate a good sleep, and I especially like it when my equipment can save a few cycles and go to sleep too - thanks shabaz!

4. genebren 's  Op-Amp-a-Palooza Prize Pack  

Well deserved prizes arriving to the winner, enjoy!

5. rsjawale24 's  How to use 555 timer IC for sensor interfacing: Part-2 Wireless transmission  

Everyone's favourite 555 timer, but now interfacing with wireless transmission? Not sure this could get any better!

6. robogary 's  The Junk-Pile Strobe Tachometer.....and it really works!  

All I can say is, how people upcycle hardware is fascinating.

7. balearicdynamics Tales for Makers - Episode 3: Drone Patrol  

It's all the fun of the carnival with this tale that drones on. Okay that was a bad pun.

8. aspork42 's  Building a custom Camper Van present for my dad  

With the cost of living being what it is, more and more people are interested in modding their camper vans. Love the detail in this.

9. thereminhero 's  Custom Trombone Kazoo Controller for Trombone Champ  

I have to say I'm certainly partial to rhythm games, and this certainly toots the right horn.

10. scottiebabe 's  Walter June’s 555 Triangle Waveform Oscillator  

What can't 555 timers do? I'm seriously curious at this point, and our members demonstrating what they can is absolutely fantastic.

The Top 10 Blogs from Search Engine Visits!

Members are often very concerned with how well their content appears in search engines. Well, we have some analytics that can look at that. While this content may not have been created in 2022, here are the top ten blogs for site visits from search engines for this year:

1. shabaz 's  DMX Explained; DMX512 and RS-485 Protocol Detail for Lighting Applications  

2. shabaz 's  Working with the Raspberry Pi Pico with Windows and C/C++  

3. fmilburn 's  KiCad 6 - Exporting Models to Mechanical CAD Programs  

4. neilk 's  Power Consumption of a Wemos D1 mini ESP8266  

5. jhayden 's  What are NPN and PNP outputs on sensors?  

6. ralphjy 's  Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W - MotionEyeOS  

7. Fred27 's  Debugging the Raspberry Pi Pico on Windows 10  

8. feiticeir0 's  Use a Raspberry PI Zero W as a Wireless Print Server  

9. fmilburn 's  KiCad 6 - Adding Logos and Graphics to a Silkscreen  

10. gecoz 's  Building a poor man’s quarter-wave 433MHz antenna: Antenna’s construction  

Perhaps this content will inspire you for what blog you'll write next. It shows that even if the content is a bit older, it can still be very relevant to people that are looking for it!

The Top 10 Blogs from Social Media Visits!

We promote content from the element14 Community across our social media channels of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and sometimes other areas that we're experimenting in! Here's the top-performing content for views that's been shared on social media from this year

1. straf 's  STRANGER SEGS - Season Two  

2. rahulkhanna 's  AI-powered Fully Automated Voice-Controlled Coffee maker  

3. rsjawale24 's  How to use 555 timer IC for sensor interfacing: Part-2 Wireless transmission  

4. fmilburn 's  555 Timer Voltage Inverter  

5. shabaz 's  Energy Saving: Building a Microcontroller-based System Power Controller  

6. genebren 's  Op-Amp-a-Palooza Prize Pack  

7. straf 's  Stranger Segs - Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Displays.  

8. balearicdynamics 's  Tales for Makers - Episode 3: Drone Patrol  

9. robogary 's  The Junk-Pile Strobe Tachometer.....and it really works!  

10. ashutosh_pandey 's  Nanorama Project14: Integrated Diagnostics Health Kit  

It doesn't surprise me that there're some crossovers with this list and others, social media advertising being what it is with interest targeting! Here's hoping that those interested in these amazing blogs stick around and become a part of the Community!

What have been your top 10 favourite blogs of 2022?

Are there some that have stood out to you that have been missed here? What do you plan on blogging for in 2023? Did one of your blog posts make it to one of these lists?

I'd love for you to share your thoughts, comments and input!