IoT design competition is launched

6th October 2014

Nat Bowers

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RS Components and LPRS celebrate 25 years of working together with the introduction of an IoT themed design competition. Solving an existing problem or a completely new invention, entries must be concept based around an application for the IoT which uses LPRS’ eRIC transceiver modules and a wireless gateway.

Hosted within the RS Components DesignShare competitions page, the competition will close for entries on 19th December 2014. The DesignSpark community will then be invited to vote, share and support ideas throughout the competition with the top 20 ideas receiving a limited edition eRIC development kit.

Pete Wood, DesignSpark Community Manager, RS Components, comments: “We recently launched the IoT area within DesignSpark, which is a repository of all information and technical articles on the subject, and this competition comes as an excellent opportunity to not only highlight the latest work of engineers designing IoT-enabled applications but also our longstanding relationship with LPRS as a valuable supplier.”

The top five entrants, according to a panel of judges, will then be invited to participate in a Google Hangout in January 2015 to explain their ideas in more detail. This will be available for all DesignSpark visitors to watch. A final winner will then be selected and notified by the end of January. The prize is to have their concept developed and created into a working product.

“We are delighted to be partnering with RS to launch this unique challenge via the DesignSpark community which has been at the forefront of providing up to date information on the latest industry trends. This couldn’t come at a better time as we celebrate 25 years of our relationship and look forward to further collaborations in the future,” adds Barry Gillibrand, Managing Director, LPRS.

All entries for this competition must be in English.