• Welcome Survey

    Welcome to the Journey Around Japan with Renesas and Hackster! Complete this survey in order to be entered for a chance to win this month's swag bundle prize!

    Submissions close August 2, 2026, at 11:59PM Pacific.

    *Although submissions for this activity will close on the specified date and time, this survey will remain open through December 27, 2026, at 11:59PM Pacific for the Grand Prize.

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  • Which of the following best describes your primary role?*
  • How many years of experience do you have in the tech industry?*
  • Select your primary reason(s) why you visit hackster.io.*
  • Where do you find help or get additional information when you're working on a project?*
  • How often do you build hardware projects professionally or during your personal/free time?*
  • How likely are you to take a project from prototype to production (either professionally or personally)?*
  • How important is “plug and play” hardware to your projects (i.e. limit your wiring to only the “custom/secret sauce” of your application)?*
  • How important is “running code” to your projects where you just layer on your application code (example: Bluetooth stack, you just add the data you need to transport)?*
  • Are you looking for “turn-key” solution on your projects and you just add want to add application code (example: full Linux with GUI interface, display, and image recognition (you train)?*
  • How comfortable are you putting together boards, soldering, and doing general electronics assembly?*
  • How are you using AI in your projects?*
  • Which licensing do you follow when publishing your projects?*
  • Which open source tools (software, hardware) do you use in your projects?*
  • Which semiconductor companies or brands are you most likely to use to build your hardware projects?*
  • Select the Renesas products that you have worked with or built with prior to taking to this survey.*
  • What are the primary reasons you choose to build with a hardware supplier or company's products that is NOT Renesas?*
  • What interfaces are required on your hardware when you're building a project?*
  • What is your favorite Japanese food?*
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