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

nlarson

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!

  • Now special interest TMDXDOCKH52C1TMDXDOCKH52C1 - Experimenter Kit from TI ("28Х+ARMRegisteredCortex-M3 Concerto").
    Also interested in sets of processors with core ARM7, ARM9, ARM11 and various technologies of data input/output and wireless data transmission.


  • Defiantly FPGA's. But I would also like to test out a fluke multimeter! image. Always have image.

  • Tools - all types of tools from wire strippers to Soldering Stations to O-Scopes and maybe even some benchtop CNCs / proto type machines.

     

    All types of development kits

     

    Energy Harvest, Re-newables, Self powered device technology.

  • I to would like to see something for desktop cnc and maybe something from tectronix

  • i would love to try The FSLBOT freescale megatronics robot, TWR-LCD Graphical LCD module and TWR-WIFI-G1011MITWR-WIFI-G1011MI Module from freescale. Also new scopes from tektronix.

    thanks.

     

    Lahcen

  • These are things that would be cool to road-test:

     

    ProductComments
    Scopes
    Soldering StationsHot Air for smd components would be nice
    Workbench Power Supplies
    "Heavy Duty" Power SuppliesHigh Current
    ThermocouplesREALLY High-temp measurements
    ThermistorsHigh Accuracy temp measurements
    Arduino or ARM Controller Boards
    Zigbees or similar
    AccelerometersWhy yes officer, I DO know how fast my autonomous robot was going! Thanks for asking though!
    FPGA Kits/Dev BoardsSomething large enough to try CPU designs
    Stepper MotorsHigh Resolution/Half stepping, Large ounce/inch Rated
    Stepper Motor DriversHigh Resolution/Half stepping, High Power
    Laser DiodesHigh power IR or UV would be cool
    Laser Safety Glasseseyesight good. seared retinas, bad!
    VFD PanelsCool projects always need cool readouts!

     

    Yes, I know. I have a LOT of ideas bouncing around in my head! image

     

  • Whilst I would love a new oscilloscope, I think the reality is that there would probably only be one up for grabs, and they would be rare beasties, perhaps only when a new model appears on the market. I would like to see some tools that are a bit further down the food chain, but no less vital in an engineer's day-to-day job. For example, pliers, side-cutters, screwdrivers, multi-tools and tweezers. Soldering irons (and most notably hot-air stations) would be great. I'm sure many of us are struggling on with 20 year old gear!

     

    I would like to see more components included too. Resistor design kits are always great to have access to - similarly with capacitor and inductors. Ideally close tolerance E96, but that's probably just being greedy.

  • Good question...

    When I think about which products I would like to test and which products would be good and reasonable for the element14 community, I come up with the following:

    • Development boards in general - I prefer ARM boards, Cortex-M3 or ARM9
    • Google ADK board
    • Fluke equipment - multimeters, etc.
    • Tektronix equipment - oscilloscope, dso, logicanalyzers
    • Hi-logic FPGA development boards - usefull for running different soft-cores

     

    I appreciate the opportunity to test this for free, and I hope to see some products in these categories soon - I probably will :-)

    Thank you in advance.

     

    Best Regards

    Thomas Jespersen

  • I would realy happy with some workshop tools like oscilloscope, logicanalyzers, good soldering station because with my electronics is only hobby, and my workshop need them image . For learning new items i will roll for fpga development boards, arduino stuff, google adk board, accelerometers, robot kits. Intresting items are too 3d printer, cnc and other,

     

    bets regards

  • FPGA,  DSP boards,  wireless kits or some SBCs would be great.