Elektor, Design Spark (RS Components), Digilent and Microchip plus a few=20 others have a design competition starting 28 November 2011. First prize is US$5K. Looks to be predicated towards low power projects - requires schematic to=20 be designed using the DesignSpark CAD program. Warning to Arduino dislikers - it is a Pic32 Arduino type platform and=20 requires the IDE. Full details @ www.chipkitchallenge.com Colin -- cdb, on 24/10/2011 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .