I'm road testing the Harting MICA Complete IIoT Starter Kit.In this blog series: Java!I want to talk to the BOSCH CISS sensor over USB, and - if I can get that to work - send the telemetry safely to MQTT. I'm using the Linux Debian Stret...
I'm road testing the Harting MICA Complete IIoT Starter Kit. This is an ultra-short blog, explaining how to get a OpenJDK JRE version 1.8 on the Debian Stretch container.It took me a while to get the right instructions.The difficulty is that...
I'm road testing the Harting MICA Complete IIoT Starter Kit.It comes with a MQTT Broker Container. It's the heart of most examples available for the MICA.It's installed out of the box on my MICA. But: it is an open service. Everyone that can IP the n...
I'm road testing the Harting MICA Complete IIoT Starter Kit.In this post, I present a cross-compile and cross-debug example that talks to the MICA hardware. I develop a Linux C GPIO example on a Windows 10 laptop, in Eclipse.The binary is built ...
Now to get on with some performance verification. Noise MeasurementsI'm not really set up to do precision noise measurements but since switching frequencies are 10's of kHz, I should be able to get a qualitative look against a 100mVp-p s...
In my haste to evaluate the power supply functions I skipped over reviewing the Product Features and Basic Operation, so I'm going to back up and do that in this blog. Product Features (from the User Manual)SIngle output switch mode DC power sup...
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One of the more obvious shortcomings of this power supply is that the documentation is poorly written and inaccurate. The operational modes of the power supply are reasonably easy to verify, so this probably is not that big of an issue. Th...
I've had the chance to play with the power supply a bit and found my answer to the output current capability vs output voltage. The current limit that you can set is automatically constrained by the output voltage that you select. E.G. if...
I just received the power supply unit this afternoon and thought that I'd take a quick look at it. It arrived in the familiar Newark Element14 box Thanks to Daniel for the quick delivery. Inside the packing box was a generic prod...
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In the previous blog , I have explored the features of the SmartEdge Agile device, focusing on its hardware features. The device is the actual int...
At the end of 2018, I have been invited to take part in beta testing of the new IoT + AI solution by AVNET and Octonion, organized by Element14. I was very interested in this new product and its ecosystem, as quite a lot of my latest work has revolve...
This road-test is a continuation from Keithley Bench Digital Multimeter - Review In this blog I played around and investigated the KickStart Instrument PC Control Software for data collection and plotting graphs with DMM 6500.
Evaluate th...
This road-test is a continuation from Keithley Bench Digital Multimeter - Review Here I did some experiments to verify the core features of the Keithley DMM6500. These are some analog experiments to test the functionality.
dcv:dcv Ratio Me...
This blog is a continuation from Keithley Bench Digital Multimeter - Review This is an experiment to measure the low current of the solar panels. I have a single solar panel of 5V and roughly 500 mA current output capability. I want to test the...
If you have owned any kind of battery-powered device in the last decade (maybe more), you have probably glanced at and asked yourself, "how many bars you have left." In other words, your were peeking at your battery fuel gauge. It'...
I think if you were to ask the man or woman on the street, What do Engineers Do?, you would get a pause and then the standard responses of "build skyscrapers, operate trains, fix furnaces or make phones work." In other words, they don't really know w...
I'm reviewing the Microchip CAN Analyzer for a Road Test.I'm now testing it in a CAN Bus test bed that I designed. In the previous posts for this review, I've used the digital side of the CAN circuit.I always had the intention to also test...
This year has been off to a relatively good, if not busy, start. After winning RoadTest Review of the Year, whereas previously I was nominated but came dead last, I was surprised to hear from danzima who offered me a reward of a shopping cart of good...
Welcome to All Parents and K-12 Teachers to the element14 RoadTest Program! The element14 RoadTest & Reviews program has traditionally been an engineering-product program where free products are given to element14.com community members in ex...
