Product category: Wireless Communications
News Release from: Lantronix
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 September 2006
Wireless design contest
expands for 2007
Contest challenges engineers worldwide to use their imaginations to wirelessly network-enable a machine or device using a Lantronix WiPort wireless device server
Following on the success from last year's contest, Lantronix is set to hold its second annual wireless design contest. With more categories and larger cash prises, this contest challenges engineers worldwide to use their imaginations to wirelessly network-enable a machine or device using the Lantronix WiPort, an embedded 802.11 b/g wireless device server.
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The top three winners of the first Lantronix wireless design contest were announced last week at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, California
To qualify for nearly $20,000 (GBP 10,000) in prises, contestants must register their product on the Lantronix website and submit a working prototype board design complete with a documented summary of the project and its operation.
All entries must be received on or before 1st March 2007, and winners will be announced at the Embedded Systems Conference (3rd to 7th April 2007) in San Jose, California.
First place will receive $6000 (GBP 3200); second place $4000 (GBP 2100); and third place $2000 (GBP 1050).
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Additional awards will be given for the best entry from a student or educational institute, one using the lowest power usage and one using 802.11 b/g and Ethernet-swappable combination.
Contest entries will be judged on technical merit, originality, business value, cost-effectiveness and design optimisation.
'Last year's competition was hard fought with a variety of compelling wireless applications', said Chris Preston, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Lantronix.
'We received several hundred entries that ranged from a pool monitoring system to a computer-enabled Roomba vacuum cleaner'.
In the end, the top prise went to Keith Emery with his eLawn programmable sprinkler controller, which automatically controls the watering schedule based on environmental conditions from virtually any computer anywhere in the world - a perfect tool for the busy traveller.
'This contest is a great catalyst to drive the creativity of product design engineers to solve real-world problems and create new market opportunities', continued Preston.
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