Earlier this year, element14 launched the Engineering a Connected World study, which uncovered the opinions of 3,500 people from around the world into everything from the connected devices people are most likely to buy, which innovations are more hype than substance, to global issues society wants to see tomorrow’s technology address. The DreamBoard data points to a clear demand for increased power for multiple connected devices, with a strong preference for quad-core processors and network connectivity. There appears to be a clear appetite among consumers for these types of devices, with 64 per cent of those surveyed in the Engineering a Connected World study saying they are interested in owning a fitness-tracking device and 61 per cent confirming they own, or plan to buy, an internet connected car, with improved efficiency and passenger safety at the top of the list of innovations. Engineers were also given a choice of 14 sensors for their DreamBoards, ranging from temperature to light, through to magnetic and inductive. The top dev kit features show a clear focus on connectivity, with 70 per cent of dev kit designs using Wi-Fi and almost half (47 per cent) featuring Bluetooth. The thousands of unique dev kit designs from design engineers and electronics enthusiasts provided the industry with insights into the dev kit requirements and design aspirations of today’s electronic engineers. Most recently, 16 of the best designs - including entries from the UK, Europe, the USA and India, as selected by a team of VIP engineers on the element14 Community - went head-to-head in the Battle of the DreamBoard, with users voting for who should be crowned the engineering community’s ultimate dev kit. The initiative caught the attention and the imagination of engineers around the world, with more than 3,000 boards created and shared on the element14 Community since the initiative launched. Using an interactive tool on the element14 Community site, thousands of engineers created their ultimate development kit from the ground up, choosing from a wide range of technologies and features, including core architecture, board size, memory, processor, sensors, interface and connectivity. The DreamBoard project, launched by element14 in October last year, is a global crowdsourcing initiative that set out to reveal what engineers are really looking for from the dev kits they use in the early design process. Yet, are they providing the features and technologies that today’s engineers are looking for? With thousands of dev kits available for electronics engineers working in early stage design, the industry is spoilt for choice. These printed circuit boards sit at the centre of technology innovation, enabling many of the developments we see within smart devices, wearables, the Internet of Things, and smart metering, to name just a few. In fact, many believe that dev kits have shaped the technology-led world we know today. Whilst the general consumer is often unaware of what a development kit is, they have become a critical component of the product design process for electronic engineers.
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