Hey Road Testers! What product(s) would you love to get your hands on?

What products are you excited to get a hold of in the future? Is there anything out there you've been watching and just waiting to be released to get your hands on? Let us know!

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Former Member over 14 years ago +8

I would really enjoy to test some new arduino stuff. I got some projects in mind, like a midi controler or a 3d printer that would be good to have arduino stuff to do it.
peterloron over 14 years ago +8

I'd be keenly interested in some low power wireless (ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, DASH7, etc) demo kit. TI has some nice stuff as do some of the other vendors. The "smart lightbulb" that Google is coming out with…
DAB over 14 years ago +6

Hi Nicole, Asking for ideas is a very good idea, especially since your road tester base has increased dramatically over the last month. As for what I would like to road test, Test equipment, oscilloscopes…

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awneil over 11 years ago

An Arduino ZERO:

Arduino Blog » Blog Archive » Meet Arduino ZERO – the new board jointly developed by Arduino and Atmel
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nlarson over 11 years ago in reply to awneil

lslater doctorcdf - What do you guys think? Arduino Zero, SMD Tools for an upcoming RoadTest?
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Robert Peter Oakes over 11 years ago in reply to nlarson

the Zero would be great, I have a load of projects that ended up too much for the UNO or too slow even where it would fit so one of these would be great to compare to and extend on... Should be fun

not sure what SMD tools were thinking of, i've already played with a few SMD device (Like when I blew up my road test Battery Pack and had to repair it ... Ooops)
now testing out a re-flow oven in the mix would make it a winner

Peter
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to nlarson

Maybe E14 can do a kit of parts/tools/test board that demonstrate various components of soldering SMD
maybe with a few videos on E14. Basically a community supported kit
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Robert Peter Oakes over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

The Top members could put together a few tutorial videos to post in a common community area, great educational content and if it is using exclusively tools from E14, may even generate trade in the longer run
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

Exactly ...problem is that SMD tools can cover a big range of stuff, most of which not that interesting so if you want to give someone an SMD kit it needs to be co -ordinated around a deliverable ..like learn to SMD descretes, QFP, Highdensity devices in sort of sensible progression.
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Robert Peter Oakes over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Then a micro-controller board KIT or something but also a couple of practice boards to learn

then once confidence and a few videos are done, build up your board and have a working practical end device...
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

Yeah a project with some LEDs, descretes a CPU and some comms ..some excuse to put components together then watch them flash almost usefully!
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sqkybeaver over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

a basic smd kit should have at least the minimum.

anti-magnetic tweezers
optivisor
0.5mm or smaller diameter solder
liquid flux
flux cleaner and acid brush
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Robert Peter Oakes over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

blinnky 2.0

this could easily be built around an Arduino model or MSP43xx, that way the Energia or Arduino IDE and a programmer is easy to add

and the board could be repaired with easily sourced components

A few WS2812B LEDS, Temp sensor chip on I2C or SPI, easy add ons for an LCD and rotary switch and we have the basics of a home thermostat or something

Oh, Oh....please please... start this now and we could gear toward XMAS lighting system or something, put a theme around it, maybe less religious more fun but something... oh yes I see it formulating now ... where's the mask
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kas.lewis over 11 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

Would love some kit to do LGA or other impossible SMD components...
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kas.lewis over 11 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

Would love some kit to do LGA or other impossible SMD components...
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