The Philips ARM Design Contest 2005 is your introduction to Philips’s powerful LPC213x microcontroller family. These RISC MCUs are based on the high-performance 32-bit ARM7TDMI-S™ microprocessor, which features low-power consumption and 16-bit Thumb code for efficient and flexible designs. Other key features include a wide range of serial communications interfaces, on-chip 8/16/32-KB SRAM, 32-bit timers, single or dual 10-bit eight-channel ADCs, a 10-bit DAC, PWM channels, and 47 GPIO lines. These features coupled with a small footprint make the LPC2131/2132/2134/2136/2138 microcontrollers ideally suited for countless applications, such as access control, point of sale, communication gateways, voice recognition, industrial control, and medical systems.

Winners Announcement
The Philips ARM Design Contest 2005 gave designers the opportunity to showcase their design skills as well as a myriad of applications made possible by the LPC213x microcontroller family. Participants from around the world accepted the challenge to build original, innovative projects. Each project’s core processor had to be an LPC213x, which are RISC microcontrollers based on the high-performance 32-bit ARM7TDMI-S microprocessor.

An array of fresh projects designed for various fields of industry were submitted. Rugged architectures, useful features, and capable end products characterized the top projects. Their creators demonstrated superb design skills worthy of recognition. Congratulations to the winners of the Philips ARM Design Contest 2005!

First Prize
Best LPC2138-Based Project Bonus
Bernard Debbasch     
TAM-TAM

Second Prize
P. Jakacki        
noPC

Third Prize
Lindsay Meek   
Flash Card Audio Player for Head End Unit

Honorable Mention
Carlos Cossio   
The Checkpoint Charlie

Honorable Mention
Lei Jiang          
LPC2132-Based Ethernet Data Acquisition and Control System

Honorable Mention
J. A. Koehler    
Proton Precession Magnetometer

Honorable Mention
Best LPC2132-Based Project Bonus
Xiaoran Liu       
Measurement Computer of Nuclear Weighing System for Conveyors

Honorable Mention
Steve Lubbers  
Buckymeter

Honorable Mention
Ilya Mamontov  
TV-Based Oscilloscope

Honorable Mention
Stefan Morley   
Dual-Axis Level Sensor

Honorable Mention
Bert Thomas    
Duux Babycall

Best LPC2136-Based Bonus
Jens Altenburg 
Low-Altitude Unmanned Reconnaissance Airplane (LAURIN)

Distinctive Excellence

 Contest ended October 24, 2005

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