Servo - March 2008

Schmar tBoard Announces Six Winners in Schmartie Awards

SchmartBoard — the developer of a new technology that has significantly simplified the creation of electronic circuits for hobbyists, education, and industry — has announced the winners of its second annual Schmartie Awards.

Schmartie Award participants, as a part of the SchmartDeveloper program, posted electronic circuit designs with a bill of materials that included the correct SchmartBoards (prototype boards) to the company’s “SchmartDeveloper” website. The grand prize winner receives a $1,000 cash prize, and SchmartBoard will manufacture and market a SchmartModule product with the winner’s name on it. In addition, the winner will receive a commission on each of these product sold.

The circuits and information about the winners and other applicants can be found at www.schmartdevelop er.org. The winners of the contest are:

• Grand Prize — Giannis Kedros of Thessaloniki, Greece — wins the grand prize for his Serial to USB Module.

• 2nd Prize — Charles Wenzel of Austin, TX — wins a DSO8502 500 MHz Digital Oscilloscope from Link Instruments for his Low Jitter Quadrature Clock.

• 3rd Prize — John Day of Toronto, ON Canada — wins a Weller WD1002 Soldering Station from Cooper Tools for his USB to Serial and I²C Module.

• Honorable Mention — Daniel F. Ramirez of Amherst, NH — wins a Parallax Boe-Bot for his Schmart DC Motor Controller.

• Honorable Mention — Russell Pead of Littleton, MA — wins a Parallax Boe-Bot for his TTL Test Board.

• Honorable Mention — Robert Gatt of Port Fairy VIC, Australia — wins a Parallax Boe-Bot for his IR Proximity Detector.

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The criteria used to choose the winners were originality, how well Schmart Board technology was used in the design, how useful the design is in the real world, and marketability of the design.

Co-sponsors of the contest were Nuts & Volts Magazine, SERVO Magazine, Cooper Tools, Link Instruments, Jameco Electronics, Mouser Electronics, Fry’s Electronics, Circuit Specialists, Intellect Lab, Parallax, and RB Technology. SV

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