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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