Student competition has three categories – Automotive; Industrial; Innovation
February, 2016, Munich, Germany – Mouser Electronics, the global, authorized,NPI (New Product Introduction) distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, has announced that potential entrants in the TI Innovation Challenge European Design Contest 2016 – which is sponsored by Mouser –must register by February 29th 2016. Undergraduate and graduate students in universities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa can enter one of three separate categories this year: Automotive, Industrial, and Innovation.Each design must use two or more TI analog ICs and a TI Processor in their project; winners in each category will win $5000 plus one a week entrepreneur training.
This is the fourth year that Mouser has sponsored TI’s European Design Contest. The competition is open to teams of two to five engineering students on Undergraduate, Masters or PhD courses and the goal is to use TI’s products to design and build prototype electronic devices that deliver a solution to real-world requirements.
Details for the challenge can be found at:
The Challenge web page also details Mouser resources which are available to help entrants:
- WEBENCH Design Center – powerful software algorithms and visual interfaces that deliver complete power, lighting, and sensing applications in seconds. This enables the user to make value based comparisons at a system and supply chain level before a design is committed.
- Analog – browse through the most comprehensive analog portfolio in the industry; viewapplication examples.
- Embedded Processing – Find a suitable microcontroller via an intuitive online selection guide.
Select a DSP for your needs based on over 25 different criteria.Mouser hasthe system-level solutions, software and silicon needed to explore and create new innovations for your project.Embedded Processing Portal – Take a view across our entire Embedded Processing portfolio.
At last year’s awards ceremony, where winners from Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium presented diverse designs such as a piezoelectric deformable mirror, awearable wireless data acquisition embedded system, a smart wearable device with energy harvesting, and anindoor visible light localization system, Glenn Smith, President and CEO Mouser Electronics commented: “It’s a real thrill to sponsor TI’s Innovation Challenge: Europe as it enables us to directly supportthe rising stars of tomorrow.This is exactly where the ethos of Mouser as a company lies – bringing the newest products to the market first so engineers can take advantage of the very latest technologies developed by companies such as TI.”
With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 21 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 4 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.
