More than US$10,000 is up for grabs in a competition for embedded engineers around the world. Engineers have until 23 June to enter the Design Stellaris 2010 contest.

Contestants can win by using the Keil MDK-Arm microcontroller development kit software tools to create a unique hardware- or software-based application that showcases technologies enabled by the connectivity, data efficiency, motion control features and other functionality of Texas Instruments’ Stellaris LM3S9B96 microcontroller as well as the capabilities of the on-chip Safe RTos real-time operating system from Wittenstein. The contest is co-sponsored by Circuit Cellar magazine.

Each entry will be judged equally on technical merit, originality, usefulness, cost-effectiveness and design optimisation by an independent panel of judges. Additional points will be awarded for the use of the Stellaris Ware IEC60730 library and for applications that improve safety or reliability.

Winners will be announced at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston, USA, in September with more than $10,000 in cash prizes and awards to be disbursed.

For more information, go to www.ti.com/designstellaris2010pr.