How much power do you think will be necessary for the Zigbee devices when TX, which will stand in your sun's pockets ? Maybe +10dBm...+20dBm at 2.4Ghz ? I will think twice. The same before giving a mobile phone to a 4 years old child. When my daughter has just a few month's (16 years ago) I designed a thermostat to keep warm her milk into a bottle. This, just because my wife don't wake up in the middle of the night and spend time for milk preparation. Then I that realised that milk becomes undrinkable in 30 minutes after preparation, at room temperature... Some things need spending more energy... :) Good luck. Vasile On 10/10/08, M. Adam Davis wrote: > My last post said that I made it into the first phase of the MyPIC32 > design contest (top 128 out of 400 entries). The first phase ends > Monday morning, and to get in the second phase I again need to be in > the top 25% (top 32 out of 128 entries). > > 40% of my score depends on people voting for my design, which is where > you all come in to play... :-D I would really _really_ appreciate it > if you vote for the following design: > > http://mypic32.com/web/guest/contestantsprofiles?profileID=50331 > > You'll have to register for the site to vote, but it shouldn't take > much time and they don't collect anything unusual. Keep your login > information handy though, if I do make it to the next round I'll > probably need your vote again (as the contest progresses the judges > count for less and the user community counts for more). > > The following are step by step instructions for voting, since the site > is a little bit cluttered: > 1. Go to http://mypic32.com/web/guest/contestantsprofiles?profileID=50331 > 2. Under the title of my entry, "Mom, Find Me!" you'll see a few > buttons. Click on the one with a little star labeled "Cast my vote." > 3. It brings up a "Sign In" form. Above that form click on the words, > "Create Account" > 4. Fill out the form and press "Save." Your password will be sent to > your email, so make sure that's filled in correctly. > 5. It will bring up the sign in form again, with your email in the > login box. You need to check your email to get your password. > 6. Go back to my design > http://mypic32.com/web/guest/contestantsprofiles?profileID=50331 > 7. Click on the button with a little star labeled "Cast my vote." > > Thank you very much! > > You should also check out the other entries - some interesting stuff there: > http://mypic32.com/web/guest/contestants?s=tv&o=DESC > > -Adam > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:27 PM, M. Adam Davis wrote: > > I haven't seen any discussion of Microchip's PIC32 contest on here: > > > > http://mypic32.com/ > > > > The progression of the competition is interesting - it's broken up > > into several 3 month long phases of design, and at the conclusion of > > each design phase only 1/4 of the contestants move on to the next > > phase. They started off selecting 128 of the paper abstract designs > > to move to the hardware design phase (which started yesterday), 32 > > will move on to software design, 8 will move onto the final prototype > > phase, and one will win the competition at next year's spring ESC. > > Those who move on to each phase also receive quite a bit of helpful > > tools and prototyping materials. You only have to be in the top 25% > > of the competition each phase to move forward. ;-D > > > > Those who register on the site and vote on the designs as they > > progress will affect the outcome of each later phase to a greater > > degree. > > > > At the last minute (well, a few hours before the deadline) I decided > > to submit an idea I'd been mulling over for some time, and apparantly > > I made the cut: > > > > http://mypic32.com/web/guest/contestantsprofiles?profileID=50331 > > > > Here are the 128 designs moving into the next phase (news marked 7/25/08): > > http://mypic32.com/web/guest/news > > > > I was wondering if anyone else here submitted a design, and if anyone > > made it into the hardware design phase. I'm slowly going through the > > entries, but I haven't recognized anyone yet... > > > > Of course, all this means is more work on my plate, but it should be > > fun and engaging. > > > > -Adam > > > > -- > > Save Money * Save Oil * Save Lives * Save the Planet > > http://www.driveslowly.org > > > > > > -- > EARTH DAY 2008 > Tuesday April 22 > Save Money * Save Oil * Save Lives * Save the Planet > http://www.driveslowly.org > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist