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Analog Devices’ TMC9660-3PH-EVKIT: Driving BLDC Motors with Diagnostic Support

Catwell — Fri, 30 May 2025 14:27:17 GMT

Analog Devices’ TMC9660-3PH-EVKIT Evaluation Kit is designed to gauge the capabilities of the TMC9660 motor controller and gate driver IC. The kit allows users to drive motors straight out of the box while providing full register functionality ...(read more)

ROHM's LogiCoA BUCK Converter Brings Precision Control to Low and Medium Industrial Power Applications

Catwell — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:13:43 GMT

ROHM's recently released LogiCoA001-EVK-001 power supply platform is aimed at small to medium industrial and consumer equipment that ranges from 30W to 1kW. The solution takes advantage of both analog and digital technologies to provide the funct...(read more)

The Best New RoadTesters for 2024

rscasny — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:17:41 GMT

New roadtesters come from a variety of backgrounds: professional engineers, makers, STEM/parents, graduate/undergraduate students, teachers, researchers, academics, and many more. Whether you are an experienced engineer or an electronics ...(read more)

The Best RoadTest Reviews for 2024

rscasny — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:31:00 GMT

2023 went by so fast, I can barely believe we are already into 2024. I hope all of you have had a successful 2023. Just a few years ago, I would be writing you from home, but now life and work are pretty much back to normal. I am writing this r...(read more)

element14 Community's Latest Roadtest Takes Advantage of Power Integrations' RDK-928 Reference Design Kit

Catwell — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:47:45 GMT

Power Integrations' RDK-928 Reference Design Kit is a novel 60W USB PD 3.0 power supply circuit designed to increase the efficiency of flyback power converters for power supplies. The RDK-928 circuit is a combination of power technologies that in...(read more)

Get Your Hands on Arduino’s Plug and Make Kit with element 14’s Latest Roadtest

rscasny — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:22:01 GMT

Earlier this year, Arduino launched its Plug and Make Kit designed for people looking to step into the maker scene or the engineering fields. One of the largest drawbacks many people have getting started with electronics projects is soldering, a skil...(read more)

Take Advantage of Vishay’s microBRICK Evaluation Board in element14’s Latest Roadtest

rscasny — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:33:27 GMT

The element14 Community is offering another roadtest for community members and looking for some engineers and makers who would like to push the limits of their POL converters with increased power density and efficiency using Vishay’s ...(read more)

How The RoadTest Program Has Changed Over the Years (2015 to 2023)

rscasny — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:26:02 GMT

A new year has begun! I thought 2023 was a great year for the RoadTest Program. We roadtested a lot of new and interesting products, and the roadtest review completion rate was very good, about 86 percent. I want to thank all the members who have par...(read more)

The Best RoadTest Reviews of 2023

rscasny — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:59:13 GMT

The Best New RoadTesters of 2023

rscasny — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:13:00 GMT

One of the questions I often receive as Roadtest Program Manager is about new roadtesters. Do I use new roadtesters? Of course I do. element14 promotes our roadtests in newsletters, social media channels, pre-roadtest discussions, and word-...(read more)

Seeking Electronics Tech and Engineers to Review Products by Top Companies

rscasny — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:02:48 GMT

We are seeking electronics techs, electronic design engineers, IOT engineers to review products by some of the top electronics and industrial tech companies today. We need them to review products that these companies launch to the market. We call the...(read more)

Alphabetical List by Company of RoadTest Product Reviews (2015 through 2025)

rscasny — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:48:00 GMT

This page contains an alphabetical listing by company of roadtest product reviews conducted from 2015 through 2025. It was updated on January 18, 2025. (Note: the year of the roadtest is the year the enrollment begins.) 2025 Arduino Nano Matter(...(read more)

The Best New RoadTesters of 2022

rscasny — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:17:12 GMT

One of the questions I often receive as Roadtest Program Manager is regarding new roadtesters. Do I use new roadtesters? Or, Do I Need New Roadtesters? The answer is Yes! Yes!! and Yes Again!!! element14 promotes our roadtests in newsletters, social ...(read more)

The Best RoadTest Reviews of 2022

rscasny — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 19:30:02 GMT

What information should go into a roadtest review? How does one write a great roadtest review? I've tried to answer these questions on my How To Write a RoadTest Review blog. I went back and re-read the blog today (it was written perhap...(read more)

The Favorite Products RoadTested in 2022

rscasny — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 19:25:00 GMT

In 2022, the element14 community launched 23 roadtests, spanning product categories such as sensors, test equipment, single board computers, cellular IoT, FPGAs (SoCs), power devices, hand tools, prototyping kits, Bluetooth, and connectors. The overa...(read more)