Tomorrow we’ll give away three Cadsoft Eagle Hobbyist licenses. If you’d like one just leave a comment on yesterday’s post with an idea that would benefit from the extended features of a hobbyist license.
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Giveaway: Cadsoft EAGLE licenses
There are a ton of amazing open source projects that fit within the restrictions of the freeware version of the Eagle PCB layout program. Sometimes you might want something bigger for a personal project, so this week we have three Cadsoft Eagle Hobbyist licenses to give away. Here is the revised paragraph incorporating the keyword: […]
Energy Micro EFM32 dev-boards winners
Today we announce the winners of the Energy Micro EFM32 dev-boards. There were lots of great ideas, thanks for your submissions. Congratulations to David, his idea for a subsurface stream water level monitoring and logging system scored him the EFM32 Gecko development kit: Subsurface stream water level monitoring and logging system. (Ecologically friendly hydrological data collection) Particularly […]
Giveaway: Energy Micro EFM32 dev-boards
Later today we will announce the winners of the Energy Micro EFM32 dev-boards. If you’d like one just leave a comment on this post with a project idea. Two EFM32 Gecko starter kits with a 4×40 LCD and JTAG debugger (above) One EFM32 Gecko development kit with color LCD, user IO, and a debugger (shown below […]
Giveaway: Energy Micro EFM32 dev-boards
Tomorrow we’ll give away three EFM32 dev-boards. If you’d like one just leave a comment on yesterday’s post with a project idea. Two EFM32 Gecko starter kits with a 4×40 LCD and JTAG debugger (above) One EFM32 Gecko development kit with color LCD, user IO, and a debugger (shown below the fold)
Energy Micro EFM32 low-power development kit giveaway
A few weeks ago we posted Pedantite and Viswesr’s reviews of the Energy Micro Gecko development board. It uses Energy Micro’s own EFM line of low-power ARM Cortex M3 microcontrollers. Low power is the emphasis, and the development boards show the current consumed by each line of code. This week we have three EMF32 dev-boards […]
Radio Shack’s Great Arduino Challenge
Radio Shack has begun their Great Arduino Design Challenge. They’re seeking the project that best shows how you can use Arduino in a creative and innovative way. Check out the contest’s webpage for rules and all the details.
DesignSpark chipKIT Challenge
Manuel writes to inform us of the DesignSpark ChipKIT Challenge. According to the contest page, “[p]articipants in this competition must use Microchip’s chipKIT Max32 development board to design an energy-efficient and eco-friendly device. Entries must include an extension card developed using DesignSpark’s PCB tools, should compile using Microchip’s MPLAB IDE software and will be judged […]
Seeed studio Halloween contest
Seeed Studio is getting into the Halloween spirit, they are giving away blinking buttons to any purchaser from 8th to 17th of October. They are also rewarding first 50 Halloween themed pictures to be posted on their flickr account with a pirate head wrist strap. There is also a Halloween contest: This is a competition […]
Oldest working Weller soldering tool contest
All-Spec Industries anounced the oldest working Weller soldering tool contest. All that is needed to enter is to send a picture of your tool to them, along with your name and shipping adress. First prize is a Weller WD1002T soldering station, and all entries recive a All-Spec Mug Boss. Via the contact form.
43oh Project of the month contest winners
We gave two PCB codes as prizes for a contest at 43oh. Here’s the winners: Congrats to andy1324 Okay so here is mine, it’s a small strotoscobic guitar tuner/development board for msp430 in 16 pin tssop package. and to xmob My entry, a camera intervalomter. For automatically taking photos at set intervals. This allows the […]
Promotion at Seeed studio: Visit and win!
Seeed sends out a gift box every day to 9 registered users who visit their site.
Seeed’s Toy hacking contest- vote for your favorite project!
Toy hacking contest- vote for your favorite project. Couple of weeks ago Seeed launched a Toy hacking contest. Seven entries made the dead line and need to be voted by 7th of October. The entries vary from simple servo control to fully automated robotics. Every project has a step by step guide and a video demonstration.
Microsoft Robotics @Home contest
Microsoft is sponsoring a robotics design contest known as Robotics @Home. They write: Here’s your chance to show us what you’ve got. Describe that cool idea to us in a PPT, PDF or Word Doc and submit it. If your concept is picked, you could be one of 10 finalists to receive a real robot […]
New 7400 Competition sponsor: Logos Electromechanical LLC
Logos Electromechanical LLC has donated 2 Zigduino and 2 16 ch driver shields to the Open 7400 Competition. Get your entry in and this and other cool hardware can be yours.
Announcing the Open 7400 Logic Competition
We are excited to announce the Open 7400 Logic Competition. The competition brings awareness to open hardware and software, and fosters understanding of the basic building blocks of modern integrated circuits. And most importantly, we want to have fun! What can you create using individual logic chips? Prizes include cash, hardware, development boards, and more. […]