NXP Semiconductors invites RF engineers and students worldwide to submit creative application ideas for NXP’s RF power components, with prizes worth US$ 25,000 in total. The NXP HPRF Design Challenge will award prizes to design entries based on criteria including creativity, design efficiency, usefulness, originality and proof of concept. The top prizes include a trip to the International Microwave Symposium in Baltimore (USA) on 5
Elektor, NXP and Circuit Cellar magazine are jointly staging a global design contest based on the mbed LPC1768 kit. Thousands of designers from around the world have already registered and secured a kit. Have you started yet? Or are you almost done with your project?The contest closes on February 28, 2011. To help you on the way with submitting your project in the proper way (so the judges don’t bin it straight away!), a dedicated web page has been set up for your convenience at: extra/source-code-submission-guide-for-the-nxp-mbed.1626626.lynkx If you feel you could do with a little help in implementing your project, we’re happy to refer you to the book