Contest showcases potential of wireless 802.11

Lantronix has named the winners of its annual wireless design contest.

Lantronix has named the winners of its annual wireless design contest.

The contest challenges engineers, students and hobbyists worldwide to stretch their imaginations and come up with creative implementations of the Lantronix WiPort 802.11b/g embedded device server in order to wirelessly network-enable an electronic device.

With more prize money and three new categories, this year's contest generated nearly 200 innovative design entries.

Editors from Electronic Design and Machine Design, and Lantronix engineers judged each entry on technical merit, originality, usefulness, cost-effectiveness and design optimisation.