Gadget Factory is giving away 8 Papilio One Camera wing PCBs . This can be used with a FPGA and some open VHDL code to display video on a PC. The first 8 people to send an email with a shipping address to support@gadgetfactory.net will get the free PCB’s! (Note: this is a bare PCB […]
Category Archives: contest
Facepunch Reverse Engineering Challenge #1
Facepunch is conducting a software reverse engineering contest! “The FPREC is a week long challenge where you are provided with an executable to reverse engineer. There will be a goal, such as “access this website”, or “decrypt this file”. Hopefully, there’ll be rewards. To participate, go to the Facepunch website forum and follow the instructions […]
Giveaway: VFD tube sets winners
Today we announce the winners of the VFD tube set contest. There were lots of great ideas for projects based on the VFD tube, thanks for your submissions. Congratulations to Brian O., his idea for an odometer, mounted on his power wheelchair scored a VFD tube set: Many posters are forgetting one important thing: VFDs are power […]
GIVEAWAY: 2 VFD tube sets from Akihabara
We’re giving away the two VFD tube sets we bought in Akihabara this weekend! Each bag has 6 VFD tubes and a datasheet. We powered them with a single 5 volt 12 volt supply. During our trip, I also stumbled upon an interesting discussion in an online forum about lizenzfreie Casinos – gibt es das? It […]
43Oh’s “name a device using MSP430” contest
Our friends at 43Oh.com are conducting a contest. They ask: “Do you know of any devices or gadgets in the wild open market that have MSP430 microcontrollers in them?” They will be giving a Capacitive Touch BoosterPack to one lucky entrant! Their contest ends 12:00PM on 2/23/2012. Visit the 43Oh contest webpage for entry rules.
Giveaway: LeoStick winners
Today we announce the winners of the LeoStick contest. Freetronics’ new LeoStick is an Arduino Leonardo compatible USB board. It’s a simple breakout for the ATmega32U4 microcontroller in small USB stick shape. It has 2 RGB LEDs and a buzzer on-board for experimenting. There were lots of great ideas for projects based on the LeoStick, […]
Giveaway: 4 LeoStick Arduino Leonardo compatible USB sticks
Latter today we’ll announce the winners of the LeoStick Arduino Leonardo compatible USB sticks. If you’d like one just leave a comment on the original contest post with an idea for a cool project.
Giveaway: 4 LeoStick Arduino Leonardo compatible USB sticks
Tomorrow we’ll give away four LeoStick Arduino Leonardo compatible USB sticks. If you’d like one just leave a comment on yesterday’s post with an idea for a cool project.
Giveaway: 4 LeoStick Arduino Leonardo compatible USB sticks
Freetronics’ new LeoStick is an Arduino Leonardo compatible USB board. It’s a simple breakout for the ATmega32U4 microcontroller in small USB stick shape. It has 2 RGB LEDs and a buzzer on-board for experimenting. The LeoStick is just like the upcoming Arduino Leonardo, but given the “honey, I shrunk the kids” treatment! Just pop it […]
2012 Digilent design contest with FPGA and PICs
Diligent has announced its 8th annual design contest. Student are invited build electronics projects based on their FPGA and PIC development boards. So far the contest has been announced in the US and EU. Unfortunately the EU region registrations are over. The entrants will receive Diligent development systems pertaining to their project needs, which they […]
Texas Instruments changes outrageous contest rules
A few days ago we wrote about Texas Instruments’ crazy contest rules. Participants have to hand over everything to enter, including ‘enjoyment’ of the project. TI noticed and updated the rules. From the comments: Thanks for bringing this to our notice. The terms and conditions in question have been corrected. The contest in question does […]
TI India design contest irrational terms and conditions
Bertho pointed us to the totally irrational terms and conditions of the TI India design contest. Once you enter your project into their contest you lose any right over that project and idea whatsoever. TI claims total ownership of “all rights, title and interest, including but not limited to patents, designs, mask-works, copyright and rights […]
TI India design contest
Update from the comments: I’d think twice before entering. From the terms and conditions point 2: By making a submission as part of the TIIMDC, you expressly agree to irrevocably, perpetually and exclusively grant and assign in favour of Texas Instruments (India) Private Limited (TI), without any geographical restriction and on a royalty free basis, […]
TI analog design contest
For all our European readers who lament contests limited to USA residents only, here’s one for you. TI is hosting the Analog Design Contest (ADC) and its limited to entrants in the EU and other specified nations (not including the Americas). Its purpose is to encourage system-level design within Universities by providing the opportunity for […]
Help the Nanode win Internet of Things Award
The Nanode in an inexpensive development board with an ENC28J60 Ethernet chip and an Arduino. It does everything the Arduino does, and adds Internet-connectivity. It was featured extensively in our Homecamp4 coverage. Recently the Nanode was nominated for best open source project in the Internet of Things Awards, along with the Arduino itself. The well-known […]
Guess the device
TitanMKD asked the forum to guess-the-device. He bought it from eBay, and is planing to do a mysterious hack on it. But before he gets down to it, he would like us to guess what it is. You can leave your guesses in the comments, or in the forum. A free PCB code to the […]
MAKE Holiday Kit-A-Day Giveaway
MAKE has started their 2011 MAKE Holiday Kit-A-Day Giveaway. To celebrate the release of their latest publication, the Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 (and its companion website), they’re giving away one of the cool kits reviewed in the issue each day during the holiday season. Check out the MAKE giveaway webpage for each day’s prize […]
ITead Studio mystery X-Mas gifts
ITead Studio started a X-mas mystery gift campaign. First 100 to follow their Facebook page or RT their Tweet will receive it. As the title states the content of the gift package is a mystery but they did drop us this line: not only the physical gifts but also you will get a discount coupons […]
Cadsoft EAGLE hobbyist license winners
Today we announce the winners of the Cadsoft Eagle hobbyist licenses. Eagle is really popular in open source hardware, and these licensees give you more space and features for your next project. The hobbyist license enables everything in the EAGLE Standard Edition (six signal layers and 160x100mm routing area) with all three modules (Layout+Schematic+Autorouter). There […]
Giveaway: Cadsoft EAGLE licenses
Later today we will announce the winners of the Cadsoft EAGLE licenses. If you’d like one just leave a comment on the original contest post, with an idea that would benefit from the extended features of a hobbyist license.