Mouser Teams with TI to Sponsor Innovation Challenge Design Contest for University Engineering Students

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas--()--Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has signed on to be the major exclusive sponsor of the North American Texas Instruments Contest – Innovation Challenge.

The design contest is designed to encourage engineering students to submit design projects that utilize TI technology. Prizes will be awarded to the best entries as determined by the judges.

The contest is open to individuals and teams of up to five undergraduate and graduate students in universities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada, excluding Quebec. To compete, students must use two or more TI analog ICs and a TI Processor in their design project. Mouser is also sponsoring the Europe competition, which begins in January 2015.

The contest already is under way. It will end at 11:59 p.m. (CDT) on May 24, 2015.

Entries will be judged on five criteria: originality and creativity of design, real world application, level of engineering analysis, usage of TI ICs and processors and working demonstration of design in a video. To learn more, visit http://www.mouser.com/ti-innovation-challenge-2014.

The grand prize is $10,000. Second place is $7,500. Third place gets $5,000. Prizes of $1,000 will be awarded in each of 10 categories: Best use of TI wireless connectivity, most innovative automotive application, most innovative home automation application, best video demonstration, best humanitarian impact, best chance at commercialization, best use of entire TI portfolio, most unique concept, most “environmentally green” and most effective power solution using TI’s Webench.

Mouser is an authorized distributor of Texas Instruments and stocks the widest selection of TI's newest components and development tools while providing same-day shipping around the world.

Texas Instruments designs and manufactures analog technologies, digital signal processing (DSP) and microcontroller (MCU) semiconductors. TI is a leader in semiconductor solutions for analog and digital embedded and applications processing. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through design, sales and manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries.

To learn more, visit http://www.mouser.com/Texas-Instruments.

To learn more about the contest, visit http://www.mouser.com/ti-innovation-challenge-2014.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 20 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 4 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

About Mouser Electronics

Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 400,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com.

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Contacts

Mouser Electronics
Further information, contact:
Kevin Hess, 817-804-3833
Vice President Technical Marketing
Kevin.Hess@mouser.com
or
For press inquiries, contact:
Kelly DeGarmo, 817-804-7764
Corporate Communications Manager
Kelly.DeGarmo@mouser.com

Release Summary

Mouser Electronics, Inc., global distributor of electronic components, announced that it has signed on as the exclusive sponsor of the North American Texas Instruments Contest – Innovation Challenge.

Contacts

Mouser Electronics
Further information, contact:
Kevin Hess, 817-804-3833
Vice President Technical Marketing
Kevin.Hess@mouser.com
or
For press inquiries, contact:
Kelly DeGarmo, 817-804-7764
Corporate Communications Manager
Kelly.DeGarmo@mouser.com