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Poll: What Products Do You Want To See Roadtested?

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  • in reply to hugohu

    Good point about the price vs effort. I have only done one roadtest (sensor board, ca. $30).

     

    If I am not sure about my time schedule or exact test procedure, I wouldn't roadtest such board again, because it always takes at least 20 hours for me (which is split into two weeks during evenings). The knowledge gained from the roadtest is invaluable, however, it is a huge commitment for a few bucks. If I buy the board myself, I can always write about it, whenever I like.

     

    On the other hand, I am not able to roadtest high-priced things as I usually don't feel experienced enough. In addition to that, it would really require me to spend all evening during a month for reviewing.

  • in reply to koudelad

    I am unable to edit my previous post, so one more thing to say: that is why I only applied for a one roadtest (and did the review). I am not sure, whether I will apply for any other in the future.

  • in reply to hugohu

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    Like to see unique MCUs and SBCs.

     

    Wouldn’t really want to spend the time and effort for. 20 dollar adafruit feather, for example.

    I would. If interested in the topic.

  • in reply to koudelad

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    On the other hand, I am not able to roadtest high-priced things as I usually don't feel experienced enough. In addition to that, it would really require me to spend all evening during a month for reviewing.

    Here's my hit-and-miss rate

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    What it mostly indicates is that I often apply for tests that have a low number of enrollers. Where - if you ignore the 20+ % of incomplete proposals, you have a  1 to 3 chance of being selected if you enter a good proposal..

    For popular tests, I've been successful once. With the Keithley DMM 6500.

    The best ever proposal I personally think I wrote, was for the BK8600. I wasn't selected. That road test delivered very great reports from the testers. That softens the hurt image.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    You are one of the Roadtest superstars (no pun intended). It is always good if you find a useful application and have enough time and experience to do the roadtest - your test reports are great.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    I would say that I'd be pretty interested in development boards.

     

    For example, I'd be reasonably interested in RoadTesting a MaaxBoard(yes there was a roadtest on that once I know), a Banana Pi, and other stuff like that.

     

    A Raspberry Pi would be interesting, but I'd expect for the competition to be very high.

     

    For development board MCU type, I'd say I'd be usually interested but for some would not have the expertise.