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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michaelwylie over 11 years ago

I think the answer is really simple for me; I'd be willing to test any product that can improve my efficiency and productivity as an Engineer. Having said that, what's good for the goose isn't always good for the gander and those products will depend upon the field in which the engineer works. So, here are a few I thought of:
- Microscopes
- Development Kits
- Display libraries
- microcontroller simulators (8051)
- Work tools (like Tweezers, needle nose pliers, etc...)
- Soldering iron/heat gun combo units
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awneil over 11 years ago in reply to michaelwylie

- microcontroller simulators (8051)

Why would you want to simulate an 8051?!
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awneil over 11 years ago in reply to michaelwylie

- microcontroller simulators (8051)

Why would you want to simulate an 8051?!
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kas.lewis over 11 years ago in reply to awneil

Hardware is so cheap today, why simulate when u can do it on real hardware.
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michaelwylie over 11 years ago in reply to awneil

Most of the time when you make a change to code as you are developing you need to download using your debugger and then test the code. Using simulators to debug is much faster and you don't waste time downloading code 1000 times.
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kas.lewis over 11 years ago in reply to michaelwylie

Nothing runs like the real hardware does !!
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michaelwylie over 11 years ago in reply to kas.lewis

Fair enough, but it's not about that. It's about money. Suppose you download code 360 times a week while debugging and you spend 10 seconds downloading. That's 1 hour a week just downloading. Since the time seems so short, you probably don't do anything else while the downloading occurs. Now, suppose you make $35/hour. That's $35 a week or $1820 a year PER DEVELOPER.

Note: 10 seconds is very conservative. It's usually longer.
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