element14 Community
element14 Community
    Register Log In
  • Site
  • Search
  • Log In Register
  • Community Hub
    Community Hub
    • What's New on element14
    • Feedback and Support
    • Benefits of Membership
    • Personal Blogs
    • Members Area
    • Achievement Levels
  • Learn
    Learn
    • Ask an Expert
    • eBooks
    • element14 presents
    • Learning Center
    • Tech Spotlight
    • STEM Academy
    • Webinars, Training and Events
    • Learning Groups
  • Technologies
    Technologies
    • 3D Printing
    • FPGA
    • Industrial Automation
    • Internet of Things
    • Power & Energy
    • Sensors
    • Technology Groups
  • Challenges & Projects
    Challenges & Projects
    • Design Challenges
    • element14 presents Projects
    • Project14
    • Arduino Projects
    • Raspberry Pi Projects
    • Project Groups
  • Products
    Products
    • Arduino
    • Avnet Boards Community
    • Dev Tools
    • Manufacturers
    • Multicomp Pro
    • Product Groups
    • Raspberry Pi
    • RoadTests & Reviews
  • Store
    Store
    • Visit Your Store
    • Choose another store...
      • Europe
      •  Austria (German)
      •  Belgium (Dutch, French)
      •  Bulgaria (Bulgarian)
      •  Czech Republic (Czech)
      •  Denmark (Danish)
      •  Estonia (Estonian)
      •  Finland (Finnish)
      •  France (French)
      •  Germany (German)
      •  Hungary (Hungarian)
      •  Ireland
      •  Israel
      •  Italy (Italian)
      •  Latvia (Latvian)
      •  
      •  Lithuania (Lithuanian)
      •  Netherlands (Dutch)
      •  Norway (Norwegian)
      •  Poland (Polish)
      •  Portugal (Portuguese)
      •  Romania (Romanian)
      •  Russia (Russian)
      •  Slovakia (Slovak)
      •  Slovenia (Slovenian)
      •  Spain (Spanish)
      •  Sweden (Swedish)
      •  Switzerland(German, French)
      •  Turkey (Turkish)
      •  United Kingdom
      • Asia Pacific
      •  Australia
      •  China
      •  Hong Kong
      •  India
      •  Korea (Korean)
      •  Malaysia
      •  New Zealand
      •  Philippines
      •  Singapore
      •  Taiwan
      •  Thailand (Thai)
      • Americas
      •  Brazil (Portuguese)
      •  Canada
      •  Mexico (Spanish)
      •  United States
      Can't find the country/region you're looking for? Visit our export site or find a local distributor.
  • Translate
  • Profile
  • Settings
Personal Blogs
  • Community Hub
  • More
Personal Blogs
Legacy Personal Blogs New Person
  • Blog
  • Documents
  • Mentions
  • Sub-Groups
  • Tags
  • More
  • Cancel
  • New
  • Share
  • More
  • Cancel
Group Actions
  • Group RSS
  • More
  • Cancel
Engagement
  • Author Author: phillips2438
  • Date Created: 23 Dec 2019 4:09 AM Date Created
  • Views 582 views
  • Likes 8 likes
  • Comments 4 comments
  • tinkering
  • mqtt
  • drone research
  • network
  • rpi
  • introduction
Related
Recommended

New Person

phillips2438
phillips2438
23 Dec 2019

Hello,

I became interested in IoT stuff last year, but got side-tracked with a final research project at college. I graduated, but work is scarce in SW PA, so I divide my time between job applications, volunteer work with the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, flying drones, and tinkering. I recently assembled a Circuitmess phone for solder practice - the phone has an Espressif WROOM32, which I presume is good, at least as good as an ESP 8266. Anyways, that comment is str8 outta 2018. I configured four RPIs and a Banana Pi last week, and I have a small universe of sensors and I/O devices. I built a drone in May, a mcro with scant supporting documents, and then tried to configure it with an open source radio using BelHeli and Betaflght - and I am moving on to other stuff. I have a RPI B, B+, A, 4, some Arduinos, a couple of StereoPis, and lots of stuff I simply had to put on hold for months, and now, as I mentioned, I spend a few hours a week on projects. A drone, a phone, and now I want to make a Rube Goldberg machine. Once everything works, I will pull something nice off the line and build something that encapsulates what I learned from the networked devices, something relevant to my research into medical drone service integration. I come to Element14 for the chance to see what users in the community are making, and to find out about new electronics, environments, and research news.

  • Sign in to reply

Top Comments

  • dougw
    dougw over 5 years ago +6
    That is an interesting collection of technology. It sounds like you will fit right in here. Your interest in technology should help land a job - good luck.
  • 14rhb
    14rhb over 5 years ago +6
    Hi Joseph, Welcome to Element14. That was a great introduction and it is always nice to see someone new joining and explaining their background and interests. We're a friendly and helpful bunch so carry…
  • dubbie
    dubbie over 5 years ago +4
    I think I fell into the Element14 community as well. I used to use the Farnell site for designing electronics for teaching at the University and one day someone said why not look at Element14, so I did…
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 5 years ago

    Hi Joseph,

     

    Thanks for the nice introduction. It looks like your interest and knowledge would be a valuable asset for the forum. I hope you blog about one or more of your projects so we can all see them. Once again welcome.

     

    John

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +2 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • More
    • Cancel
  • dubbie
    dubbie over 5 years ago

    I think I fell into the Element14 community as well. I used to use the Farnell site for designing electronics for teaching at the University and one day someone said why not look at Element14, so I did. At the time it didn't seem useful to me (I was wrong - it would have been great) so I didn't follow it up. Then when I retired, somehow I looked it up again, saw a competition on mobile robots, thought I'd have a go and I've been 'connected' ever since. I even Blog, much to my children's amusement. Element14 is great - I love it.

     

    Dubbie

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +4 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • More
    • Cancel
  • 14rhb
    14rhb over 5 years ago

    Hi Joseph,

     

    Welcome to Element14. That was a great introduction and it is always nice to see someone new joining and explaining their background and interests. We're a friendly and helpful bunch so carry on jumping straight in with questions, blogs about what you make and find, helping out others, joining in the competitions and roadtests of new equipment etc. If you ever get stuck, please just ask image

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +6 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • More
    • Cancel
  • dougw
    dougw over 5 years ago

    That is an interesting collection of technology. It sounds like you will fit right in here.

    Your interest in technology should help land a job - good luck.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +6 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • More
    • Cancel
element14 Community

element14 is the first online community specifically for engineers. Connect with your peers and get expert answers to your questions.

  • Members
  • Learn
  • Technologies
  • Challenges & Projects
  • Products
  • Store
  • About Us
  • Feedback & Support
  • FAQs
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Legal and Copyright Notices
  • Sitemap
  • Cookies

An Avnet Company © 2025 Premier Farnell Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Premier Farnell Ltd, registered in England and Wales (no 00876412), registered office: Farnell House, Forge Lane, Leeds LS12 2NE.

ICP 备案号 10220084.

Follow element14

  • X
  • Facebook
  • linkedin
  • YouTube