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How are reviewers selected?

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What kind of criteria is used for selecting who is going to review what product?

 

It is just a random selection or do the applications actually get reviewed and selected?

 

Are past reviews taken into consideration? For example if two people where in the running for an item, one person wrote a good detailed review of the last item they received while the other either didn't write a review of there last item or just wrote up a basic thank you and "this is what I got" kind of review. Would the person known for writing a good review be selected of the other?

 

I'm just looking to get a feel for how important it is for Element 14 to have good quality reviews of these products. I see in many cases where only 2 or 3 reviews are published for the 5 to 10 kits that where sent out. Do people get removed form the Road Test group if they receive a kit and never write a review or do they just get black listed from receiving any future kits?

 

Thanks for your time!

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  • I was selected to review the PIC24EP512GU810-I/PFPIC24EP512GU810-I/PF Starter Kit from Microchip...

     

    Still not finished I am afraid, Nearly finished, however, I chose to replicate a circuit I had already designed for the PIC24F series. It is very complicated and has taken a lot longer than I anticipated.

     

    Problems waiting for parts, the kit arrived later than expected, just a week before the review should have been finished. Having more time to complete the review would have helped...or perhaps I should have been less adventurous...NO...not in my nature.

     

    I do not take the attitude that it is FREE stuff, my time is not FREE, and neither is my expertise.

     

    I have applied for Road Tests before and not been selected, I decided that my application was not good enough.

     

    I have learned a valuable lesson, do not apply unless I have the time and skills applicable to the product being road tested, and make sure I put in a well though out application.

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  • I was selected to review the PIC24EP512GU810-I/PFPIC24EP512GU810-I/PF Starter Kit from Microchip...

     

    Still not finished I am afraid, Nearly finished, however, I chose to replicate a circuit I had already designed for the PIC24F series. It is very complicated and has taken a lot longer than I anticipated.

     

    Problems waiting for parts, the kit arrived later than expected, just a week before the review should have been finished. Having more time to complete the review would have helped...or perhaps I should have been less adventurous...NO...not in my nature.

     

    I do not take the attitude that it is FREE stuff, my time is not FREE, and neither is my expertise.

     

    I have applied for Road Tests before and not been selected, I decided that my application was not good enough.

     

    I have learned a valuable lesson, do not apply unless I have the time and skills applicable to the product being road tested, and make sure I put in a well though out application.

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