News Release from: Zilog
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 9 October 2006
MCU design contest offers cash prizes
Zilog is holding a free-to-enter global design contest for its ZNEO Z16F family of 16bit Flash microcontrollers.
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Zilog is holding a free-to-enter global design contest for its ZNEO Z16F family of 16bit Flash microcontrollers. The contest, which runs until 27th November 2006, is cosponsored by one of Zilog's leading distributors, Mouser Electronics, and offers cash prizes of US $2000, $1000 and $500 for first, second and third place, respectively. In addition there will be runner-up prizes of limited edition ZNEO T-shirts.
The winners will be announced on 15th January 2007, and their designs will be featured on Zilog's website.
'Zilog has a long and successful history of design contests and interaction with the global design community'.
'It's always exciting to see the range of amazing ideas and designs that this varied community, which in the past has included home enthusiasts, university teams as well as full time engineers, come up with'.
'With the ZNEO design contest, we are looking for the best showcase designs using this new embedded MCU and brings a balance of technical excellence, practicality and creativity', said interim Zilog CTO Dr Norman Sheridan.
'We are seeking the most innovative ideas that best leverage the features and performance of the ZNEO MCU'.
To help with entrants' designs, Mouser is offering a fully equipped contest design kit priced at US $49.95, which includes a hardware development platform, Zilog's ZDSII development software, and online sample applications.
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