DesignStellaris 2010 - Sponsored by Texas Instruments and Circuit Cellar

Contest Winners

Texas Instruments DesignStellaris 2010 Design Contest Winners

Nothing drives technological advancement in the embedded industry like healthy competition among brilliant engineers. The Texas Instruments DesignStellaris 2010 Design Contest is an excellent example of just how innovative today’s top engineers can be when they’re given amazing parts, a deadline, and some enticing incentives—such as international recognition and a chance to win a share of $10,000 in cash prizes.

Back in January 2010, engineers were challenged to use the Stellaris LM3S9B96 microcontroller from Texas Instruments with Keil’s RealView Microcontroller Development Kit (RVMDK) and SafeRTOS from Wittenstein to create exciting new applications. Texas Instruments launched the contest with a simple question: “Just how far will your design take you?” In response, designers from all over the world stepped up to the challenge and delivered truly inventive designs.

After reviewing all the entries and scoring the projects on their technical merit,
originality, usefulness, cost-effectiveness, and design optimization, the judges’ results are now final. Congratulations to everyone who participated in this exciting contest!

First Prize

Richard Wotiz

Bicycle ABS Brake System

Second Prize

Osamu Tamura

Camera-Based Eye-Tracking System

Third Prize

Sylvain Davaine

GPIB Screensaver

Honorable Mentions

Toby Baumgartner

TROBOT 3.0: An "ABB Robot Studio" Interface for a Miniature Articulated Robot