Wireless design contest offers cash prizes again

Contest challenges engineers, students and hobbyists to develop a creative and practical wireless product using the Lantronix MatchPort b/g

Lantronix has begun organising the third edition of its popular wireless design contest. This year's contest challenges engineers, students and hobbyists to develop a creative and practical wireless product using Lantronix new MatchPort b/g, an 802.11 b/g embedded wireless device server
With MatchPort b/g, contestants can add Wi-Fi to virtually any electronic device with a serial interface so it can be accessed, monitored and controlled wirelessly over the Internet.

To enter, contestants simply submit their application concept through the Lantronix website and later submit a working prototype design.

All design entries must be received on or before 3rd March 2008.

Winners will be announced at the Embedded Systems Conference (14th to 18th April 2008) in San Jose, California.

Entries will be judged on technical merit, originality, business value, cost-effectiveness and design optimisation.

In addition to travel compensation to the awards ceremony at ESC, Lantronix will award cash prizes as follows: first place US $6000; second place $4000; third place $2000; best entry from a student/educational facility $3000; and $2000 for a new category this year for the most commercially viable design.

'Wireless technology continues to make a major impact by significantly enhancing the value of products and services that OEMs deliver to their customers', says Chris Preston, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Lantronix.

'As a pioneer in Wi-Fi-enablement solutions, our market-leading modules have been designed into products in just about every industry and a myriad of diverse applications'.

Preston continues: 'The Wireless Design Contest is yet another example of our ongoing commitment to accelerate the innovation of wireless device networking'.

'Year over year, the number of entries continues to grow'.

'We expect this year's contest to generate even more innovative designs that further demonstrate the near limitless potential of wireless devices that can be managed over IP-based networks'.