element14 Community
| File:Element14 Community Logo.png | |
| Public | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded 📆 | 2009 |
| Founder 👔 | |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Owner | Premier Farnell |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | element14.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
The element14 community is an online community for engineers and was launched in June 2009. It is owned by Premier Farnell.[1]
The element14 community has a presence in 231 countries, has over 330,000 members and supports 10 languages – English, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Korean, Thai, Chinese (Taiwan), Portuguese.[2]
The site's main content includes:[3]
Groups – Members can join groups, which include several technical topic areas, such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and single-board computers. These are run by industry experts.
Ask an Expert – Members can pose questions to industry experts.
Road Test - Members can test and keep the latest products on the market in return for their feedback and product ratings.
Discussions - Members can start a conversation or ask a question.
Design Center – An area that enables members to quickly research, design, develop and prototype
Events – Members can sign up for free webinars and keep informed about other types of events.
Community Competitions[edit]
Frequently, the element14 Community runs competitions for its members, within different technical areas. Recent competitions include; the "Get Closer" Wearables Challenge, which invited engineers to design a wearable project using the Adafruit FLORA platform[4] and the "Smarter Life Challenge" whereby participants have to design futuristic home appliances using the Cypress PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit.[5]
Awards[edit]
In 2012, the element14 Community was recognised by Forrester Research Inc.’s Forrester Groundswell Awards in the category of "Business-to-Business Supporting" at the eBusiness Forum in Chicago.[6] Also, in 2012, the element14 Community received the 2012 Jive Award in the "Engage Customers" at the JiveWorld ’12 conference in Las Vegas.[7]
element14's The Ben Heck Show[edit]
The element14 Community is home to The Ben Heck Show, a popular online TV program featuring Internet celebrity modder Benjamin Heckendorn. As of April 2015, the show has recorded more than 23 million views on YouTube.
References[edit]
- ↑ "About Community". element14 Community. 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ Sagar Jethani (18 March 2015). "What's your best idea for Sci-Fi inspired technology?". ECN.
- ↑ "Resources". element14 Community. 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ element14 announces winner of Wearable Technology Challenge CIOL, 23 October 2013
- ↑ element14 launches Smarter Life Challenge Electronics News, 30 September 2013
- ↑ Premier Farnell wins social media honours for empowering engineers via element14 Community Global SMT & Packaging UK & Ireland, 26 October 2012
- ↑ Premier Farnell’s element14 Community honored with 2012 Jive Award for social customer engagement Micro Technology Group, 12 October 2012
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