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  • Terms and Conditions -- Keysight Smart Bench Essentials RoadTest

    rscasny
    rscasny
    Keysight Smart Bench Essentials– RoadTest Terms and Conditions These are the terms and conditions which govern the Keysight Smart Bench Essentials RoadTest contest. This Contest requires participants to submit an application indicatin...
    • 9 Dec 2021
  • (My) Rohde & Schwarz NGU401 SMU Review

    Gough Lui
    Gough Lui
    A while back, I saw that element14 offered the Rohde & Schwarz NGU401 Source Measure Unit for RoadTest. I applied for this, but ultimately was not chosen. I suppose that is only fair, as I've had my fair share of wins, and this is one of the most...
    • 9 Dec 2021
  • GT120-HP-T6 Soldering Station: Application

    colporteur
    colporteur
    Welcome to the first of four blog posts in support of the METCAL GT120-HP-T6 Soldering Station. I will use the blog posts to explore the different aspects of the RoadTest Review product. The objective is to examine the product, while engaging E1...
    • 7 Dec 2021
  • POLL Have You Used Necto Studio?

    rscasny
    rscasny
    I'm working on an upcoming element14 activity. Necto Studio came up in our conversation. I was just wondering who has worked with Necto.
    • 7 Dec 2021
  • The Best element14 RoadTest Reviews of 2021

    rscasny
    rscasny
    Find out who are the best RoadTesters of the year! Year in Review 2021 Design Challenge | element14 presents | Project14 | Rising Contributor | Favorite RoadTested Products | RoadTest Reviews | Top Members 2021 is nearly over. I hope all of you h...
    • 5 Dec 2021
  • The Favorite Products RoadTested in 2021

    rscasny
    rscasny
    Which are the favorite RoadTested Products of 2021? Year in Review 2021 Design Challenge | element14 presents | Project14 | Rising Contributor | Favorite RoadTested Products | RoadTest Reviews | Top Members In 2021 the element14 community ro...
    • 1 Dec 2021
  • Poll What's Your Favorite Roadtested Product of 2021?

    rscasny
    rscasny

    • 28 Nov 2021
  • Review of Renesas RA2L1 Microcontroller

    Review of Renesas RA2L1 Microcontroller

    misaz
    misaz
    I welcome you to this part of my RoadTest review. In this part I will describe Renesas RA2L1 microcontroller in details. In this part I will not describe evaluation board because it is described in dedicated blog post Review of Renesas EK-RA2L1 Devel...
    • 26 Nov 2021
  • For First Time Roadtesters How Do You Write a Roadtest Review?

    rscasny
    rscasny
    New or first time roadtesters frequently ask me how do they write a roadtest review? RoadTest reviews can be written in a variety of way. Sometimes they are project reports, sometimes they are tutorials, sometimes they go through an indept analysis o...
    • 24 Nov 2021
  • For New Roadtesters Please Post All Technical Questions about a Particular RoadTest to the Comments Section

    rscasny
    rscasny
    To New Roadtesters, When you are a new roadtester, questions come up all the time. It's part of the territory. Some of these questions are administrative in nature, such as when will the product be shipped to me. For those questions, feel free to...
    • 24 Nov 2021
  • Terms and Conditions for Wurth Sensor FeatherWing Kit Roadtest

    rscasny
    rscasny
    Wurth Sensor FeatherWing– RoadTest Terms and Conditions These are the terms and conditions which govern the Wurth Sensor FeatherWing RoadTest contest. This Contest requires participants to submit an application indicating their previo...
    • 23 Nov 2021
  • Using I2C, SPI and DMA on Renesas RA2L1 (part 2)

    misaz
    misaz
    I welcome you to second part of this tutorial. This article was made as part of my RoadTest review about EK-RA2L1 board. If you are interested in details and my opinions about development board you can read my review Review of Renesas EK-RA2L1 Develo...
    • 19 Nov 2021
  • Using I2C, SPI and DMA on Renesas RA2L1 (part 1)

    misaz
    misaz
    I welcome you to this tutorial. In this tutorial you will see developing application using Renesas e2studio targeting Renesas RA2L1 microcontroller. This article was made as part of my RoadTest review about EK-RA2L1 board. If you are interested in de...
    • 19 Nov 2021
  • Review of Bridgetek BT817 Embedded Video Engine

    misaz
    misaz
    I welcome you to the main part of my Roadtest review about Bridgetek BT817 evaluation board. In this part of review, I will describe BT817 graphics engine itself and I won’t describe evaluation board here because it is described in dedicated chapter....
    • 5 Nov 2021
  • If You have a Roadtest Review In Draft, Please Contact the RoadTest Program Manager

    rscasny
    rscasny
    As many of you know, element14 is migrating to a new platform this week. In preparation for this migration, I concluded all enrollments in new roadtests. Once the migration is complete, I will begin launching new roadtests again. There will...
    • 3 Nov 2021
  • Review of Bridgetek ME817EV Evaluation Board

    misaz
    misaz
    I welcome you to this part of my RoadTest review about Bridgetek BT817 evaluation board. In this chapter I will describe board itself. I will not describe BT817 chip and its features here because chip is described in dedicated chapter Review of Bridg...
    • 27 Oct 2021
  • Review of Renesas EK-RA2L1 Development Board

    misaz
    misaz
    I welcome you to my review about EK-RA2L1 evaluation board featuring microcontroller from RA2L1 family. In this part I will describe evaluation board itself. I will also describe some of my opinions about board, some pros and cons, some bugs and many...
    • 17 Oct 2021
  • How does the BT817 coprocessor work?

    misaz
    misaz
    I welcome you to this part of my Bridgetek BT817 RoadTest review. In previous blog post I described how to draw to the display in the simplest way using display list. In this blog post I will show more advanced way using coprocessor which supports mo...
    • 3 Oct 2021
  • MAX77714 - Assorted Load Tests

    scottiebabe
    scottiebabe
    The EVK includes a number of programable current sources and switched resistive loads on board. Net names:SD3 - BUCK3 Output.VIL_SD3 - Output of the current shunt amplifier for Buck3's programable current sink. BUCK 3 - ConfigurationBuc...
    • 3 Oct 2021
  • MAX77714 - The Curious Case of the Missing 32K Clock

    scottiebabe
    scottiebabe
    The 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator is a popular low-power clock source for many sub-systems in an electronics design. Frequent users of the 32K clock include: Real Time Clock (RTC), processor, RF modems/transceivers, and GPS receivers, just to name a ...
    • 2 Oct 2021
  • Lattice ECP5 FPGA architecture overview (part of OrangeCrab Dev Bd road-test)

    dramoz
    dramoz
    Architecture overview Lattice vision PFU (Programmable Functional Unit) Clocking sysMEM Memory sysDSP PIO (programmable I/O cells) Device configuration SEU (Single Event Upset) Links The following post gives an overview of the Lat...
    • 2 Oct 2021
  • Open-source verification tools

    dramoz
    dramoz
    Tools CoCoTB (verification) Verilator (simulator) GTKwave (waveform viewer) Installation CoCoTB installation Prerequisites Patching Verilator for CoCoTB Building Verilator GTKwave installation Simple example SV code CoCoTB wra...
    • 2 Oct 2021
  • Aim-TTi QPX750SP application: off-grid photovoltaic system characterization

    Instructorman
    Instructorman
    Characterizing an off-grid solar PV system using the Aim-TTi QPX750SPThis blog details my experience using the QPX750SP to characterize performance of a small off-grid solar PV energy system.  Main components in the system are: two 85 W solar PV...
    • 2 Oct 2021
  • Seeking Feedback: What Would You Design, Test or Build with a Thermocouple Measurement System from National Instruments?

    rscasny
    rscasny
    Greetings. Last week, I had a great conversation with one of our managers concerning a thermocouple test system bundle. It combines data acquisition hardware and software from National Instruments and thermocouples from Omega. I learned it's...
    • 1 Oct 2021
  • Bridgetek BT817 RoadTest: Using EVE on an ESP32 to display an openHAB sitemap

    obones
    obones
    I’m using openHAB on my personal server to control various parts of my “intelligent” home, and while I can use the Android app just fine, I thought it would be interesting to reproduce its user interface with a very resource limited platform, namely ...
    • 1 Oct 2021
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