hlipka  wrote:

 

Its not for everybody - there are people who like doing this (and I'm always wondering how the top members are able to invest so much time in their hobby, and into E14).

I'd have to say (and I'm not proud of it) that time is limited and a number of sacrifices have been made to pursue my interests. For one, I have practically no social "life" as such, no relationships to speak of (something I'm hoping to change) ... and my health has probably been slightly neglected in the late nights staying up to try something out, stress induced from having things fall apart at the last moment, occasional international time-zone clash for a conference call and marathon sprints to the finish. It can be a chore - sore fingers from typing things up, tired eyes ... but I do it because I enjoy doing it ... and I enjoy learning and experiencing new ways of doing things, new ways of thinking.

It is lucky that my interests have some relevance and overlap with my work, which means that it is easier to justify the time investment as a career investment as well sometimes. But even someone like me needs to take a break - effective as of next week, I'm on a one month hiatus as I travel overseas (for better or for worse) ...

- Gough

Scope has been claimed. Posting out tomorrow, packed under a mountain of bubble wrap in a sturdy box marked "Not a Keithley Product" . Safe travels ...

- Gough

- Rigol, now, is going as good as others in hardware, but software part is PASS grade, just OK in my candidate shopping list.

- Nothing to complain about, since each member starts from zero.

- Roadtest is not easy, into which much effort shall be put. Not having enough time, I am still not satisfied with some of my previous report.

Your blog is very informative.  I happen to have some experience with large power generator up to several hundred MW, if there is some e-puzzle to solve, maybe I figure it out.

I had looked at this roadtest but since we can only partake on one roadtest at a time there was others at the time that sparked more interest to me over this so its not that I wasn't interested in the roadtest it was certainly others that grabbed my attention alot more and I wanted more of a chance to be able to take part in them. 

So not the manufacturers fault here just too many awesome element14 roadtests already this year and the end of last.

I just read the previous replies and in my case it was as michaelkellett mentioned, the 8051 processor stopped me from participating as I usually work with ARM processors and was afraid of how long it will take me to get up to speed. Another reason is that I focused my BLE learning time on the OnSemiconductor module I roadtested last year RSL10 Sensor Development Kit - Review  (I am using it in a product launching this July)

I completely agree, I am a new member, I can see a lot of members in the community with many years of experience, I thought I didn't have a chance to review some products but I was selected to review the Weller WT1 which was a great roadtest.