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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packetgeek over 12 years ago
(Inserting my Christmas wish list, just in case my wife misses the usual stuff...)

HackRF: http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/
BladeRF: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1085541682/bladerf-usb-30-software-defined-radio
A USB-to-JTAG cable
just about any Linux-based device whose firmware can be repurposed
a FunCube dongle: http://www.funcubedongle.com/
For the Raspberry Pi
an infrared transceiver: http://hamletronics.com/hamletronics-infrared-transceiver/ or http://nwazet.com/nwazet-pi-infrared-receiver
an AirPi: https://www.tindie.com/products/tmhrtly/airpi-kit/
a ConvertPi: https://www.tindie.com/products/Stuff4Pi/rpi-gpio-full-level-converter-monitoring/
a USB IR Toy: http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/USB_IR_Toy_v2
(OK, a bit silly) Nano quad-copter: http://www.epictinker.com/Crazyflie-6-DOF-Kit-p/rob01314m.htm
Just about any of the DangerousPrototypes.com kits

This year, I plan on whinging about not having enough Raspberry Pi's (need at least three more for a Hadoop project) and really needing the FunCube dongle.

- Tim
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packetgeek over 12 years ago
(Inserting my Christmas wish list, just in case my wife misses the usual stuff...)

HackRF: http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/
BladeRF: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1085541682/bladerf-usb-30-software-defined-radio
A USB-to-JTAG cable
just about any Linux-based device whose firmware can be repurposed
a FunCube dongle: http://www.funcubedongle.com/
For the Raspberry Pi
an infrared transceiver: http://hamletronics.com/hamletronics-infrared-transceiver/ or http://nwazet.com/nwazet-pi-infrared-receiver
an AirPi: https://www.tindie.com/products/tmhrtly/airpi-kit/
a ConvertPi: https://www.tindie.com/products/Stuff4Pi/rpi-gpio-full-level-converter-monitoring/
a USB IR Toy: http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/USB_IR_Toy_v2
(OK, a bit silly) Nano quad-copter: http://www.epictinker.com/Crazyflie-6-DOF-Kit-p/rob01314m.htm
Just about any of the DangerousPrototypes.com kits

This year, I plan on whinging about not having enough Raspberry Pi's (need at least three more for a Hadoop project) and really needing the FunCube dongle.

- Tim
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