What Is Your Most Memorable RoadTest Review of 2020?

2020 is wrapped up and here comes 2021!

For myself, 2020 flew by at supersonic speed. Given the Covid-19 lockdown in Chicago, as well as elsewhere, last year will surely be memorable to all of us. I hope you and your family are healthy and safe. As the vaccines are distributed around the world, I'm sure we will all be safer as the months go by.

One of the things the element14 team is doing right now, is putting together their "Best of" end-of-year reviews of the element14 community. I am putting together my highlights of the RoadTest program. But I thought it would be good to learn what was your most memorable roadtest review of 2020?

If you have the time, perhaps you can leave a comment, including a link, with a few sentences (or more, as you wish) why you thought it was memorable for you.

There are no right or wrong answers here. A memorable review can be a complex piece of test equipment or even a cool "hand" tool.

Thank You for being part of the element14 community.

Sincerely,

Randall Scasny

RoadTest Program Manager

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colporteur over 4 years ago

To answer the question, I had to do some research. Since some of my applications were successful, thoughts of those RoadTest Review over shadowed some of the other great work. It took a few mouse clicks to page back to the beginning of 2020. I suspect a few may be tail-end-charlies from 2019.

Any how, I pursued the list while drinking a cup of tea and here are memorable ones.
PicoScope 6424E Oscilloscope + Accessories :how much more you can learn when good equipment is in the hands of masters
Raspberry Pi HQ Camera :great insight from a practical approach
Microduino Quadcopter Kit : I want one but, not this one.
NXP LPCXpresso54S018M + Display :got my arsed chewed off for asking a question. shabaz has to stroke a bruised ego
ACCESS:bit for micro:bit :insight from a young computer user
NXP S32K-ISELED LED Lighting Solution :who knew you could do that with car lighting
Cool Tools 2020: USB Soldering Iron : was sceptical but was proven otherwise
Raspberry Pi4B (4GB) plus POE Hat : learned a lot about POE. You need more than the just the Hat to get performance
PicoLog Data Logger + Raspberry Pi 4 (included) : I want one to figure out why my water heater is not working
Infineon Blockchain Starter Kit :so that is blockchain and how it is used
Weller Soldering Station WT Series :tip holder confusion with insight from beginners, intermediate and professional
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Gough Lui over 4 years ago in reply to colporteur

Oh wow ... those NXP LPCXpresso54S018M RoadTest responses were definitely not what I expected ... and yet somehow I missed them. Glad you mentioned them here for my morning entertainment .

- Gough
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colporteur over 4 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

Yeah, I read the review and foolishly went back for seconds but woke the troll under the bridge instead. I'm still curious about the vendor claims that the product is for beginners. I was interested in the RoadTest because of that claim. I would be starting at bare metal for knowledge if I attempted the RoadTest.
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colporteur over 4 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

Yeah, I read the review and foolishly went back for seconds but woke the troll under the bridge instead. I'm still curious about the vendor claims that the product is for beginners. I was interested in the RoadTest because of that claim. I would be starting at bare metal for knowledge if I attempted the RoadTest.
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Fred27 over 4 years ago in reply to colporteur

He got very angry very quickly, didn't he? Please excuse my amusement.

For what it's worth. I'd say that most current NXP devices are reasonably well supported with sample code, etc. I don't think a beginner would have any problems getting started with any of their microcontrollers. Even the more complex ones would be fine if you stick to the basics, (although obviously there's no point having features you're not using).
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