Category Archives: contest

Open 7400 prize: EZ430-RF2500 and OLED Booster Pack from 43oh forum

The 43oh forum donated an EZ430-RF2500 and a 43oh Terminal OLED Booster Pack to the Open 7400 Competition.  Get your entry in and this and other cool hardware can be yours. The eZ430-RF2500 is a complete wireless development tool for the MSP430 and CC2500. It includes all the hardware and software required to develop an entire wireless […]

chipKIT design challenge

Microchip and Digilent are having a chipKIT design contest. The contest revolves around the chipKIT PIC32-based Arduino compatible platform. The contest has 3 different categories. One is for applications using available shields and libraries. Another is for custom library development, and the final is for custom hardware projects. Prizes include up to $4000 in cash […]

Open 7400 prize: Little Wire USB controlled multi-tool kit

Ihsan donated 2 Little Wire kits to the Open 7400 Competition.  Get your entry in and this and other cool hardware can be yours. Little Wire is multi-featured USB controlled open source hardware tool packed in a minimal form factor designed by Ihsan Kehribar. Even though it has minimal form factor, it’s packed with full […]

Open 7400 prize: Amani F2 packs and Amani GTX packs

Amani64 donated 2 Amani F2 FPGA development packs (Amani F2 FPGA Shield, bitJTAG JTAG Programmer, MCU Dev Kit) and 2 Amani GTX CPLD development packs (Amani GTX Programmable Logic Shield, 4-Digit Seven-Segment ASM). Thank you to Amani64 for sponsoring the 2012 Open 7400 Logic Competition!

Open 7400 prize: MegaMini and Amani64 from JK Devices

JK Devices  is a sponsor of this year’s Open 7400 Competition. They’ve kicked in 4 MegaMinis and 2 Amani64s with programer.  Get your entry in and this cool hardware can be yours. MegaMini is an Arduino compatible Atmega2560 development board.  It is specifically designed to be extremely small while providing all the same features of […]

Open 7400 prize: Papilio One 250K and LogicStart MegaWing

We are pleased to announce that the Gadget Factory is now sponsoring the open 7400 logic Competition.  Up for grabs are Papilio One 250K and LogicStart MegaWing.  These and other prizes could be yours, but only if you get your entry in! The Papilio is an Open Source FPGA development board based on the Xilinx […]

chipKIT uC 32 and chipKIT Wifi shield winner

Today we announce the winner of the chipKIT uC 32 and chipKIT Wifi shield! There were lots of great ideas, thanks for your submissions. Congratulations to Tom, his idea for a nano-brewery data logger scored him a chipKIT uC 32 and chipKIT Wifi shield: FREE BEER. I would like to build a data logging controller […]

Open 7400 prize: Zigduino and 4×4 Driver Shields

Logos Electromechanical donated 2 Zigduino and 2 4×4 Driver Shields to the Open 7400 Competition. Get your entry in and this and other cool hardware can be yours. The Zigduino is an Arduino-compatible microcontroller platform that integrates an 802.15.4 radio on the board. The radio can be configured to support any 802.15.4-based protocol, including ZigBee, […]

Open 7400 prize: Tautic Electronics uBoost battery voltage booster

Tautic Electronics LLC donated 4 uBoost battery booster boards to the Open 7400 Competition. Get your entry in and this and other cool hardware can be yours. These boards are based on the MAXIM MAX1724 Step-Up DC-DC Converter. They accept voltages from 0.8 to 5.5 VDC, and output 5V at 150mA maximum current. The board itself is […]

GIVEAWAY: Another chipKIT 32-bit board and Wifi shield

Another chipKIT 32-bit Arduino-compatible board and Wifi shield to give away this week. Leave a comment on this post with a project idea, and these boards could be yours on Thursday. The chipKIT uC32 is based on the popular Arduino open-source hardware prototyping platform and adds the performance of the Microchip PIC32 microcontroller. The uC32 […]

Open 7400 prize: Digilent Analog Discovery bench tool

Digilent donated 2 Analog Discovery mixed signal bench tools to the Open 7400 Competition.  Get your entry in and this and other cool hardware can be yours. Analog Discovery is a 100 MSPS twin channel oscilloscope, 2 channel function generator, 16 channel digital logic analyzer, and 16 channel digital pattern generator with a USB interface. […]

Announcing the Open 7400 Logic Competition 2012

By popular demand the Open 7400 Logic Competition is back! Build a kooky, intriguing, or over-complicated project that makes use of a discrete logic chip and you could score some amazing sponsor swag. 7400 TTL, 4000 CMOS, logic built from discrete transistors, or logic implemented in a CPLD – it doesn’t matter. Just have fun […]

Scratch and dent boards winners

Today we announce the winners of the 5 special coupon codes that can be redeemed for any one of these boards. Congratulations to Tom Price, his idea for a guitar gadget with an accelerometer as a sensor scored him special coupon code: Would like an accelerometer breakout for a no-moving-parts wah wah pedal… pretty please! The idea […]

GIVEAWAY: Scratch and dent boards

Scuffs and dings in the silkscreen, misprints, an occasional short circuit or dead chip – whatever the reason, these prototypes are too dangerous to be sold. Seeed Studio sent us all the scratch and dent boards that have gathered over the years – Bus Pirates, Infrared Toys, Bus Blasters, and even the now discontinued #Twatch. […]

chipKIT uC 32 and chipKIT Wifi shield winner

Today we announce the winner of the chipKIT uC 32 and chipKIT Wifi shield!  There were lots of great ideas, thanks for your submissions. Congratulations to Andreas, his idea for an internet connected Nixie Tube Clock scored him a chipKIT uC 32 and chipKIT Wifi shield: Have a bunch of alphanumeric nixie tubes in a […]