Weird and Wacky Engineering
Mega-cool micro-design contest
Clive Maxfield
6/27/2012 9:07 AM EDT
I just heard from that young man-about-town Richard Quinnell – the Editor-in-Chief of Microcontroller Central – that he's running a micro-design contest.
The theme of this contest is Changing the World With Android (I do love my Droid). All you have to do to enter is to submit a design proposal for an MCU-based device that uses an Android platform (tablet, smartphone, etc.) as the user/control interface.
The first 100 contest entrants (based on posting time) will receive a $5 Starbuck's gift card. All entries made before midnight, EDT (0400 +1 UTC) on July 4, 2012 will be eligible for judging and award of finalist prizes.
The really cool thing is that ten finalists will receive an NXP Android Open Accessory Applications (AOAA) Kit so that they can turn their idea into reality.
The really un-cool thing is that I'm not allowed to enter (mutter mutter; grumble moan groan). But time's a-wasting – there's no time to dilly-dally or shilly-shally – instead, Click Here to bounce over to the contest on Microcontroller Central to discover more details and to register for the contest.
If you found this article to be interest, visit Microcontroller / MCU Designline where – in addition to my Max's Cool Beans blogs on all sorts of "stuff" – you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to all aspects of designing and using microcontrollers.
Also, you can obtain a highlights update delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for my weekly newsletter – just Click Here to request this newsletter using the Manage Newsletters tab (if you aren't already a member you'll be asked to register, but it's free and painless so don't let that stop you [grin]).
Last but certainly not least, make sure you check out all of the discussions and other information resources at All Programmable Planet. For example, in addition to blogs by yours truly, microcontroller expert Duane Benson is learning how to use FPGAs to augment (sometimes replace) the MCUs in his robot (and other) projects.
The theme of this contest is Changing the World With Android (I do love my Droid). All you have to do to enter is to submit a design proposal for an MCU-based device that uses an Android platform (tablet, smartphone, etc.) as the user/control interface.
The first 100 contest entrants (based on posting time) will receive a $5 Starbuck's gift card. All entries made before midnight, EDT (0400 +1 UTC) on July 4, 2012 will be eligible for judging and award of finalist prizes.
The really cool thing is that ten finalists will receive an NXP Android Open Accessory Applications (AOAA) Kit so that they can turn their idea into reality.
The really un-cool thing is that I'm not allowed to enter (mutter mutter; grumble moan groan). But time's a-wasting – there's no time to dilly-dally or shilly-shally – instead, Click Here to bounce over to the contest on Microcontroller Central to discover more details and to register for the contest.
If you found this article to be interest, visit Microcontroller / MCU Designline where – in addition to my Max's Cool Beans blogs on all sorts of "stuff" – you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to all aspects of designing and using microcontrollers.
Also, you can obtain a highlights update delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for my weekly newsletter – just Click Here to request this newsletter using the Manage Newsletters tab (if you aren't already a member you'll be asked to register, but it's free and painless so don't let that stop you [grin]).
Last but certainly not least, make sure you check out all of the discussions and other information resources at All Programmable Planet. For example, in addition to blogs by yours truly, microcontroller expert Duane Benson is learning how to use FPGAs to augment (sometimes replace) the MCUs in his robot (and other) projects.
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