SchmartBoard Announces Circuit Design Contest

Online, July 13, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The entrants can enter any or all of the segments and, utilizing SchmartBoard MCU Development Boards, design a circuit that best uses the MCU's from Microchip, Parallax and Texas Instruments. The contest runs from July 2010 through the end of the year.
The prizes for each of the three segments are as follows:
Microchip PIC MCU Segment
• First Prize - Apple iPad-16GB, WiFi
• Second Prize - Cue Radio Model r1
• Third Prize - MPLAB ICD3 In-Circuit Debugger
• Honorable Mention 1 - MPLAB Starter Kit for PIC18F MCU
• (4) Honorable Mention 2 - $50 Coupon at Jameco Electronics or Robot Shop

Parallax Propeller MCU Segment
• First Prize - Apple iPad-16GB, WiFi
• Second Prize - Parallax Stingray Robot Kit
• Third Prize - Parallax PropScope USB Oscilloscope
• (2) Honorable Mention 1 - Elenco Snap Circuit Deluxe Kit
• (2) Honorable Mention 2 - $50 Coupon at Jameco Electronics or Robot Shop

Texas Instruments MCU Segment • First Prize - Apple iPad-16GB, WiFi
• (3) Second Prizes - eZ430 Chronos Sports Watch Dev Kit
• (3) Third Prizes - Programming tool for the MCU product of your choice
• (2) Honorable Mention 1 - First Choice of $50 Coupon at Jameco Electronics or Robot Shop
• (2) Honorable Mention 2 - $50 Coupon at Jameco Electronics or Robot Shop

Co-sponsors of the competition are Microchip, Parallax, Texas Instruments, Elenco, Robot Shop, Jameco Electronics, and Nuts & Volts and Servo Magazines.