 The
dsPIC Design Contest
Microchip Technology is
giving away more than $30,000USD in prizes as
part of an exciting contest that allows you to create
high-performance designs with the new dsPIC30F
16-bit Digital Signal Controllers. Match your design
wits against some of the industry's best engineering
minds to win one of 19 total prizes, including your
choice of a Harley Davidson® Motorcycle or $15,000USD
cash!
dsPIC30F
Design Contest Kit Contents
An
incredible value for designers now
and after the Contest! Only $139USD.
Contents include:
- dsPICDEM TM 1.1
General Purpose Development Board
(regularly Data $299USD)
- MPLAB C30 C Compiler
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- MPLAB VDI Visual
Device Initializer
- DsPIC works TM Data
Analysis and DSP Software
- Digital Filter Design
Tool (lite version)
- MPLAB IDE Integrated
Development Environment
- MPLAB ASM30 Assembler/Linker/Librarian
- MPLAB SIM30 Software
Simulator
- Math Library
- DSP Algorithm Library
- Peripheral Driver
Library
- Getting Started
with dsPIC30F Presentations
- Power supply
- IEC Power Cable
- RS-232 Cable
- Coupon for $200USD
off purchase of an MPLAB C30 C Compiler
- MPLAB C30 C Compiler
enables through September 30, 2004
Purchase the
MPLAB ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger and
Programmer for only $99USD during
this limited offer (regularly $159USD).
Required to programme
and debug your dsPIC30F Design Contest
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 To enter the dsPIC30F Design Contest, simply purchase
the dsPIC30F Design Contest Kit (part ~DM300015)
by June 11, 2004 and use the dsPIC30F Design Contest
Kit Board and your engineering skills to develop an
innovative design. The dsPIC30F Design Contest Kit,
along with an MPLAB® ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger
and Programmer, which you may already own, provides
all of the tools necessary to enter the contest to
begin designing with microchip's leading-edge dsPIC30F
Digital Signal Controllers for only $139USD (regularly
$299 USD) in this limited-time offer.
Features of dsPIC30F Design Contest Kit Board
The Design Contest Kit utilizes
the dsPICDEM 1.1 General Purpose Development Board,
a fully featured development board, and has development
value beyond the contest. Key features include:
 dsPIC30F6014
(144 Kbytes Flash, 30 MIPS, 8 Kbytes
SRAM, 4 Kbytes EEPROM, 12-bit 100k SPS A?D Converter) - CAN, RS232, and RS485 Support
- Voice Bank CODEC
- 122 x 32 Dot Addressable LCD
- Analog Circuitry
- MPLAB ICD 2 IN-Circuit Interface Port and MPLAB
ICE 4000 In-Circuit Emulator
Support
- Useful as a Low-Cost Development System
Program and Debug with the MPLAB ICD 2
The MPLAB ICD 2 is a required companion to the Design
Contest Kit Board and serves as a low-cost debugger
and programmer for the dsPIC30F and all PIC® microcontrollers.
If your test bench lacks one, you can purchase the
MPLAB ICD 2 to programme your device at a steep discount
in conjunction with the contest.
Use the MPLAB ICD 2 to debut ASM or C source code,
watch and modify variables, single-step and set breakpoints.
Your choice of exciting prizes
worth over £20,000 in total
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1st Place
Harley Davidson Electra Glide Standard Motorcycle
(or $15,000)
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2nd Place
43" Plasma TV (or $7,500) |
3rd Place
DVD Home Theater Entertainment System (or $3,000) |
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4th Place
Microchip MPLAB ICE 4000 InCircuit Emulator
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5th-9th Places
Microchip MPLAB C30 C Compiler
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10th-14th
Places
Microchip
MPLAB ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger
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15th-19th Places
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Full
Momentum Data Systems Filter Design software
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Contest Information
How do I enter the
Contest?
Purchase a dsPIC30F Design
Contest Kit by June 11, 2004
What do I Design?
Design
whatever you want
What do I turn in? (electronic submission)
- Completed Project Entry Form including Project
Description, Self Scoring Sheet and Eligibility
Form sections
- Schematic
- Block diagram of overall application and
flow diagram when appropriate
- Project source code including source-level
comments
- Self scoring sheet
Extra Credit
Submit
your contest entry article based on the dsPIC30F
for possible publication
What
is the Deadline for Submission?
Submit
design by September 10, 2004
Contest
Rules and Information
For
complete rules and information, click here.
The dsPIC30F Design Contest Kit documentation
completely describes the contest procedures,
rules for design submission, and key dates and
deadlines.
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To Purchase Your dsPIC30F Design
Contest Kit
Order
your dsPIC30F Design Contest Kit at the bottom
of this page, and with the ICD 2 Coupon purchase
your MPLAB ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger and Device
Programmer for only $99USD (discount price
expires on Jun 11, 2004). This special contest
pricing is a huge reduction off the list price.
The dsPIC30F Design Contest Kit (DM3000015)
will be closed to sales orders after Jun 11,
2004.
Then complete and submit your design by the
contest entry deadline of September 10 2004 for
your chance of winning the grand prize of $15,000USD
or a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
DsPIC30F Design Contest
Kit
Part Number DM300015
Special
Contest Pricing $139USD
No longer offered after Jun 11,
2004
Microchip MPLAB ICD 2
In-Circuit Debugger and Device Programmer Contest
Coupon
Part Number DV164005
Special
Contest Pricing $99USD
Discount price expires on June
11, 2004
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