Last month, we reported on the Axis contest for project proposals based on their ETRAX system-on-chip device . . .

Want to win a free development board with the Axis ETRAX system-on-chip and a full port of embedded Linux? Axis has announced a contest which will award five of their “developer boards” to “the five… best, most creative, weirdest, or coolest [project] suggestions”. By the way, be sure to read the Contest FAQ, below — it's rather entertaining ;)

Here is some background information about the Axis ETRAX system-on-chip and the ETRAX developer board . . .

Axis ETRAX single chip Linux thin server
ETRAX Developer Board

This morning, Axis announced the contest winners. Here is a brief summary of the winning project proposals . . .

• Best Internet Application: SIP phone — Submitted by: Andrea Venturi. The intended application is the development of a SIP phone, based on the Axis Developer Board, with the addition of a full duplex audio chip (maybe using a cheap AC97 codec), a bit of glue logic, a keypad, and an LCD display. The proposal describes sources of specific components and protocols that would be used to create the device. details

• Best Scientific Application: Neutrino Beam Detection — Submitted by: Stavros Katsanevas. Part of the OPERA experiment will consist of 1000 modules, or in our vision of 1000 Ethernet nodes, each consisting of a multipixel (64 channel) photodetector. Each node will give full ethernet visibility to the raw photodetector data, which will come in relatively high rates (above 100 Hz/channel). Ethernet will also be used to collect the different pieces of the detector for 'event building'. A whitepaper with technical details of a 68000/VxWorks version of the proposed system are provided in this PDF file.

• Best Military Application: Trebuchet — Submitted by: Janne Moren. I have always been fascinated by trebuchets (medieval siege engines). A while ago, I built a small model (60cm throwing arm) capable of throwing a mouse ball or M14 nut about 7 meters. My plan with the developer board is to build a slightly larger model (1m arm), in polished wood with brass fittings, mounted on a rotary base, run by brass cogwheels. Think eighteenth century astronomical instrument. Think destruction in style. details

• Best Industrial Application: Milling — Submitted by: Pedro Rodrigues. My suggestion to use an Axis board would be to use it to interface industrial milling machines to a network. Milling machines are used to machine flat surfaces of several materials from plastic to metal in order to produce irregular surfaces. They can also be used to drill, bore, cut gears, and produce slots. Create molds, mechanic and automobile parts for realistic models is the main use I have at my company, but the possibilities are endless. details

• Best Logistics Application: Flight Delay System — Axis is still trying to reach the person that submitted this entry and will not publish the application until they have his approval to do so.

Further details on the winning entries can be viewed here.

 
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