Can I get selected for multiple roadtest at once? Is something like that possible?

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While taking a daily stroll in the RoadTests & Reviews section I found things really interesting!

AVNET IoT Starter Kit <- Another starter kit to learn and play with!

https://www.element14.com/community/roadTests/2122/l/Raspberry-Pi-3B+-Media-Center-Kit <- Good kit for those who never had a Pi or Media Center setup at home!

ON Semi RSL10-SENSE-DB-GEVK Sensor Board <- A good sensor board with tons of sensors to learn and create another automated home system!

https://www.element14.com/community/roadTests/2114/l/BeagleBone-AI <- BeagleBoard for Edge AI! TIDL and stuff!

I was just thinking if I could do all RoadTest together! I know something like that is impossible or a lot difficult for a newbie!

Am new to the community and I haven't done a RoadTest before!

Gough Lui · Answer

While I see you might have wanted to remove the discussion - it's not a silly question at all.

I can tell you that it definitely is possible. It's not easy and there's nothing necessarily stopping you - but you must have the time, you must be confident about it and rscasny must be suitably convinced that you can do it to the standard you proposed in your application before you can accept the award of multiple RoadTests. I suspect for newer members, this will be a difficult requirement to meet, especially if they have no track record of on-time or ahead-of-time delivery and might only be possible with a mixture of lower-value products which may have more straightforward testing requirements.

I have done two double-concurrent RoadTest and one triple-concurrent RoadTest in the past if memory serves me correctly. I don't recommend the triple if you can avoid it as it's a whirlwind to try and deliver, but a double can be achievable if you happen to have a surplus of time. I believe dixonselvan had also been in similar situations in the past with multiple-concurrent RoadTests, so there's nothing inherent in the RoadTest program that says you can't. I'm not sure, but I suspect a quadruple-concurrent RoadTest is not likely to happen.

- Gough

Fred27 · Answer

Doing a road test to a reasonable standard is a lot more effort than you think. I'd suggest that you try one first before even thinking about more than one at a time. I'm sure others will disagree, but in my opinion an unboxing is fairly pointless and just pads out a road test adding length but no useful information. Similarly, running through an out of the box sample application can be just a duplication of the guide that comes with the product. I always imagine the reader wants to know "would this product be useful to be for an upcoming project" and go from there. That's what I'd want out of reading a road test anyway.

Fred27 · Answer

I can see you've read Randall's recent post on the road test program. Loads of useful stuff in there. I'm sure you can see that starting off with 4 road tests doesn't really fit with ensuring you do a road test well.

Fred27 · Answer

It wasn't a stupid question - just a bit too much enthusiasm! If there isn't a delete option available then I'm sure one of the E14 staff can delete it for you.

mudz · Answer

IMO, once there is a reply/comment from other member you can't delete the discussion thread. Though, if everyone delete their comment then only you can delete the post. Element14 staff can do it but I believe they will let it posted here coz if someone has similar kind of questions like this they can find the answer here. Let this be here, will help others. -mudz

Can I get selected for multiple roadtest at once? Is something like that possible?

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