What’s your approach to evaluating a new technology?
A new software stack? A new type of sensor?
Do you start with a demo application in mind, and use the new tech to build toward that objective?
Or do you read through the documentation and learn how other people are using it, regardless of their goals?
I took the first approach recently.
I had a concern about the accuracy of a sensor.
I needed to see it compared to a known good (but more expensive) option.
So I built the demo - integrating the two sensors and comparing their output in real time.
It worked. But then I looked at some other ways to use the sensor.
They had a demo application out of the box.
It wasn’t a direct sensor comparison, but it was close enough!
Sometimes it’s worth spending an hour or two trying out options that you don’t think you’ll need, just to see what’s already out there.
It may save you a bunch of time!
-Brian Schoolcraft
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