Review Blogs

Arduino Giga R1 Display and Camera

dougw

Intro The Arduino Giga R1 has a camera connector, so of course I want check it out, so I purchased the highest resolution color camera I could find that had the correct connector. This is the Arducam B0462 which uses a 2 megapixel GC2145 camera senso...
- 20 Oct 2025
Arduino GIGA R1 - Display Images from a USB Memory Device with Touch Control

dougw

Intro This is the second installment of material that will contribute to a road test of the Arduino GIGA R1 and its LCD. The Arduino web site has an example of how to display an image stored on a USB memory stick, but it needs the IDE serial monitor...
- 20 Oct 2025
Arduino GIGA R1 Unboxing / Demo

dougw

This is the first installment towards an Arduino GIGA R1 Road Test. Intro The Giga R1 WiFi could be the most capable microcontroller so far, both from a computing capability point of view as well as an I/O point of view. On the computing side it has...
- 14 Oct 2025
Introduction of the B&K Precision DAS60 High Speed Multi-Function Recorder - unboxing

john.porter

B&K Precision DAS60 High Speed Multi-Function Recorder The B&K Precision DAS60 is the top model in the High-Speed Multi-Function Recorder category and positioned for applications in research, development, maintenance, and power monitoring....
- 5 Aug 2024
3D Printer Filament Calibration | Multicomp Pro 3D Printer Filaments RoadTest

Attila Tőkés

Hello Element14 Community! This is a short blog post, part of my MultiComp PRO 3D Printer Filament RoadTest, in which I will show how I usually calibrate new filaments for my 3D Printer. The 3D printer filaments I got for thi...
- 6 Jul 2024
Arduino Pro Nicla Voice ABX00061 Roadtest (DRAFT)

vlasov01

Introduction I was very exited and grateful to Element14 to get an opportunity to evaluate Arduino Pro Nicla Voice board. I wanted to use it as an input device for my local chat bot, so it can be always on, and be my digital companion....
- 21 Apr 2024
Random Reset of Arduino due board Rev 3

neerajrd82

Dear Community members, I m working on Arduino due board Rev 3 version. I have observed that this board gets reset in Random fashion . I unable to find out the reason. If Somebody who has worked more extensively than me on this board,might help...
- 14 Apr 2024
A Brief Review on Multicomp Pro MP730655 3.5-DMM - Blog 2(final)

flyingbean

Table of Contents True RMS Performances of MP730655 Conclusions True RMS Performances of MP730655 What means RMS? RMS = root mean square. I am not going to discuss the details of the math formula for RMS here. The basic idea of RMS is to calcula...
- 1 Feb 2024
A Brief Review on Multicomp Pro MP730655 3.5-DMM - Blog1

flyingbean

Table of Contents Out-of-Box Review Some Features and True RMS Performances of MP730655 Out-of-Box Review I recently received part of the prize from Element14 as the fifth prize winner in NI LabVIEW and Test Automation Beginner’s Course. Th...
- 24 Jan 2024
VectorBlox - Custom Networks on Polarfire Video SOC

dimiterk

In this last part of the Polarfire Video SOC review we'll develop a custom AI network from scratch to use the VectorBlox SDK and run on it on the Polarfire video board. Then we'll try to port a current state of the art like (SOTA) stereo networ...
- 7 Jan 2024
RAsynboard - Keyword Spotting - Out of box wireless edition

balajivan1995

Introduction In the previous blog we have seen the data coming from serial device. In this blog, we will see how to monitor the inference result through BLE communication. Receiving Methods Android mobile with Nordic Semiconductor’s “NRF...
- 7 Jan 2024
RAsynboard - Keyword Spotting - Out of box testing

balajivan1995

Introduction Thanks to E14, I received a RASynBoard dev kit as a part of Road-test. For a small product, this kit has so many features that cannot be covered in a single blog. So, I have decided to split the content into two blogs, each focusing on d...
- 7 Jan 2024
VectorBlox SDK setup

dimiterk

VectorBlox SDK Setup in this part we'll install the VectorBlox SDK and test the example networks on board. The VectorBlox AI accelerator makes use of an SDK that leverages the openVino framework to convert AI networks from floating point format desig...
- 19 Dec 2023
Polarfire Video SOC licensing and setup

dimiterk

This part of the Polarfire SOC Video Kit review will detail the installation of the required software for working with the Polarfire Video SOC development board. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was used for all the development work however similar steps can b...
- 17 Dec 2023
Rohm buck converter Eval Kit BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 part 3: online simulation tool

strb

This is the third and last blog post before the final review for the Rohm BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 RoadTest. Here, I'm going to explore one of the many tools Rohm has available on its website to assist with the design process. To get access, you have t...
- 3 Dec 2023
Rohm buck converter Eval Kit BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 part 2: further testing and design procedure

strb

This is the second part of the Eval Kit BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 RoadTest. If you have missed the first blog, you can check it out here. In this blog I'm going to design a buck converter to provide power to one servo. Input power is supposed to be 4s L...
- 26 Nov 2023
Keysight E36731A: First look and Impressions

saadtiwana_int

I recently had the good privilege of being selected to receive the Keysight E36731A Battery Emulator and Profiler as part of Element14's roadtest program. Now, batteries might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but having spent some years worki...
- 7 Nov 2023
Rohm buck converter Eval Kit BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 part 1: out of the box experience

strb

First of all, I want to thank element14 and Rohm for this great opportunity: testing the BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 evaluation board and becoming for the first time a roadtester. What's special about the BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 ? The BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 is a...
- 3 Nov 2023
Aim-TTi SMU4201 vs Keithley 2450

neuromodulator

6.4 Aim-TTi SMU4201 vs Keithley 2450 As of 8/26/23, both the Aim-TTi SMU4201 ($5,250) and the Keithley 2450 ($6,870), show enough similarities in their electrical capabilities, that it makes sense to compare them to see how they differ. Here I w...
- 26 Aug 2023
Aim-TTi SMU4201: Battery Characterization

neuromodulator

6.3 Introduction Batteries are energy storage devices that store chemical energy to then convert it into electrical energy when required. With the increasing demand for mobile devices and electric vehicles, batteries have become a fundamental compone...
- 26 Aug 2023
Aim-TTi SMU4201: Diode characterization

neuromodulator

6.2 Diode characterization A diode is a two-terminal device that facilitates current conduction in one direction and blocks it in the other. The I-V characterization of a diode can be challenging due to the exponential relationship between voltage an...
- 26 Aug 2023
Aim-TTi SMU4201: Instrument interfaces

neuromodulator

6.1 Instrument Interfaces Modern bench test equipment usually support different workflows. Controlling the instrument from the front-panel has the advantage of not requiring a connected computer, but the disadvantage that the instrument's screen ...
- 26 Aug 2023
Aim-TTi SMU4201 Road Test | Automated Experiments - Li-Battery and MOSFET Characterization

Attila Tőkés

Li- Battery and MOSFET characterization using the Aim-TTi SMU4201 source measure unit.
- 5 Aug 2023
Aim-TTi SMU4201 Road Test | Automated Experiments - Characterizing a Zener Diode

Attila Tőkés

Characterizing a Zener diode with the Aim-TTi SMU4201 source measure unit controlled from a Jupyter notebook.
- 16 Jul 2023
Aim-TTi SMU4201 Road Test | Power Supply and Load Experiments

Attila Tőkés

Souring, Sinking and Measurement Experiments with the Aim-TTi SMU4201 source measure unit.
- 9 Jul 2023