Review Blogs

Tektronix TBS1102C Oscilloscope Introduction and Unboxing

john.porter

I have the opportunity to test and review the new Tektronix TBS1102C. The TBS1000C series is latest Tektronix addition to the entry level oscilloscope market, with the TBS1102C offered as the 100MHz model. A review is on it's way in the next week or ...
- 13 Jun 2021
Developing a desktop Bluetooth LE Scanner App using the Silicon Labs BGM220 Explorer Kit in Network Co-Processor (NCP) mode

BigG

I was recently (April 2021) selected to road test the Silicon Labs BGM220 Explorer Kit. This blog is about one of my discoveries I made when testing out the BGM220 Explorer Kit. Contents: Introduction Getting started with NCP Mode Build...
- 11 Jun 2021
Ettus USRP B205mini-i RoadTest | Getting Started

Attila Tőkés

This is the first blog post of my RoadTest review of the Ettus USRP B205mini-i Software Defined Radio platform: Digilent 1x1 USB Software-Defined Radio Platform 1. Introduction 2. The Ettus USRP B205mini-i 3. A First Application: FM Radio Receive...
- 7 Jun 2021
4.3 LCD Display Cape for Beaglebone Board - Review

andyash01

Eh! What?I recently purchased the BB-CAPE-DISP-CT43BB-CAPE-DISP-CT43 for my Seeed Studio Beaglebone Green. I'm pretty familiar with bare metal, but I want to do a modern GUI for an instrument I am building.Linux seems to offer a way forward with good...
- 20 May 2021
Continuation of MAX31889EVSYS RoadTest- Part One

hugohu

Previously in fall 2020, I was selected to roadtest the MAX31889EVSYS. However, I was unable to fully test the system due to a lack of a device running Windows 10(at the time, I had only a windows 10 VM and windows 7 devices). I have recently ac...
- 27 Apr 2021
Review of Microcontroller and BLE Module | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this part of my review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. You can find all my thoughts about this Arduino and related parts in chapters with name beginning with "Review" like this one. There...
- 9 Apr 2021
Review of Documentation | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this part of my review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. You can find all my thoughts about this Arduino and related parts in chapters with name beginning with "Review" like this one. There...
- 6 Apr 2021
Review of Software | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this part of my review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. You can find all my thoughts about this Arduino and related parts in chapters with name beginning with "Review" like this one. There...
- 6 Apr 2021
Project 02: Speech Recognition and Machine Learning | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this part of my review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. You can find all my thoughts about this Arduino and related parts in chapters with name beginning with "Review". There are also arti...
- 31 Mar 2021
TMC2300-IOT-REF - Wrong address and write only registers

Workshopshed

Following my issues when I was running the motor TMC2300-IOT-REF - Remote controlled Stepper Motor - Getting your motor running we've had some advice from Trinamic regarding, how to ensure the motor is stopped before unplugging the motor and how ...
- 28 Mar 2021
Tutorial 02 – Part 2 – Debugging nRF52840 Using Raspberry Pi | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to the second part of tutorial. In this tutorial I show two things. In first part, I shown how to develop application for nRF52840 MCU presented on Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense without Arduino IDE. In this second part I will show how to de...
- 24 Mar 2021
Tutorial 02 – Part 1 – Developing nRF52840 Application | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this tutorial. In this tutorial I will show two things. Tutorial is separated to two parts. As first I will show how to develop application for nRF52840 MCU presented on Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense without Arduino IDE and using tools o...
- 24 Mar 2021
Review of Development Board | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this part of my review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. You can find all my thoughts about this Arduino and related parts in chapters with name beginning with "Review" like this one. There...
- 23 Mar 2021
Project 01: Gestures over BLE | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this part of my review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. You can find all my thoughts about this Arduino and related parts in chapters with name beginning with "Review". There are also arti...
- 21 Mar 2021
Review of Onboard Sensors | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this part of my review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. You can find all my thoughts about this Arduino and related parts in chapters with name beginning with "Review" like this one. There...
- 21 Mar 2021
Tutorial 01: Accessing Sensor Values | Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Roadtest

misaz

I welcome you to this tutorial. This tutorial is part of my roadtest review about Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. My review is split into multiple blog posts. This tutorial does not contain any my thoughts about Arduino, you can find my thoughts about it ...
- 17 Mar 2021
Battery Discharge Testing with the BT3554

three-phase

Introduction 12V Battery Test Set-up 12 V Battery Measurements 4.2 V Li-Ion Cell Test Set-up 18650 Cell Measurements NiMH AA Cells Conclusions Introduction In this blog, I intend to carry out testing on some individual batter...
- 16 Feb 2021
VRLA Battery Testing with the Hioki BT-3554

three-phase

Introduction Emergency DC Battery Systems Taking Measurements Test Results Analysis in Excel Effects of Bolted Connections on AC Resistance Conclusions Introduction This aspect of the RoadTest is to test the Hioki BT3554-01 in a re...
- 16 Feb 2021
Seeking Feedback: Arduino Compatible Shields to Include in Upcoming MicroZed Roadtest

rscasny

I am getting ready to launch a MicroZed Roadtest. the carrier board for this roadtest contains connectors for Arduino Compatible Shields. I just wanted to get your feedback on shields to consider including. So, here is the roadtest: https:...
- 15 Feb 2021
What Would You do with this MicroPython Single Board Computer and What Would You Need to Do it?

rscasny

I plan on roadtesting thw Trinamic TMCM-0960-MotionPy Single Board Computer at the end of February. Before I launched the roadtest page, I have asked for some community feedback ( Top Members Top Members ) and I also wanted to get a conversatio...
- 15 Feb 2021
TMC2300-IOT-REF - Remote controlled Stepper Motor - A closer look

Workshopshed

Following my problem trying to get the motor to run, I thought I'd check the board with a microscope to see if there were any issues. It all looks good an there are no obvious shorts, melted components or burns. PowerUSBTMC2300 ESP32&nb...
- 10 Feb 2021
TMC2300-IOT-REF - Remote controlled Stepper Motor - Getting your motor running

Workshopshed

As mentioned in the last post TMC2300-IOT-REF - Remote controlled Stepper Motor - Getting to blink there was an issue with the connector on the motor. I found a grove connector was about the right size if I trimmed it slightly so I soldered that on.&...
- 7 Feb 2021
Review: SensePeek PCBite Kit

Andrew J

This is a short review of the SensePeek PCBite kit, 4019. When I was reading the recent roadtest reviews of the PicoScope 6424E, the PCB and probe holder kit that came with it looked really useful. These are actually a rebranded version o...
- 4 Feb 2021
TMC2300-IOT-REF - Remote controlled Stepper Motor - Getting to blink

Workshopshed

The TMC2300-IOT-REF is a reference design for the TMC2300 stepper motor driver controlled by an ESP32, it also has a CH340 serial to USB chip for programming and debugging the ESP32 via a host PC and a TP4054ST25P for battery charging. The TMC2300 is...
- 4 Feb 2021
Need Some U.S. members to RoadTest the AVNET Monarch LTE-M Dev Kit

rscasny

I've been running a roadtest called AVNET Monarch LTE-M Development Kit -- EU This dev kit is a cellular IoT kit featuring the NXP LPC55S69-EVK and the Monarch Go Arduino Shield. It's well-suited for LTE IoT application development. I open...
- 26 Jan 2021