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PHOENIX -- The dog days of summer have finally come to an end, so too has the Avnet Electronics Marketing Dog Days of Summer Video Contest. Today, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc (NYSE: AVT), announced the four winners of its video contest, after reviewing 45 entries submitted by design engineers from across the Americas.
A first prize winner was selected from four categories. Each winner will each receive an Apple® iPad 2 for their winning entry. The winners are:
- In the "communications" category is a video submitted by a husband and wife duo, who use the YouTube alias scramjetx. Their video features a garage door opener app that works with an Android phone. This device uses a relay and MOSFET found on Avnet's line card. The video can be seen here.
- In the "transportation" category is a video submitted by Ben Corrado. His "upside down logger" design uses GPS to track the locations of where he's been upside down: be it skiing or biking. Corrado's design used an Avnet accelerometer.
- In the "entertainment" category is a video that takes a new twist on an old game. The Karate Chop game was submitted by Alan Parekh and his daughter Alexis and uses the Avnet PIC16F1827 chip.
- In the "solar" category is a video submitted by YouTube user SSublett1. This design featured a solar-powered CNC wood burner featuring microcontrollers and motor controllers from Avnet.
"This contest was such a fun way to show how the design community can truly innovate with the more than five million SKUs found on Avnet's line card," said Ian Basey, vice president of marketing, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "We'd like to extend our congratulations to all the designers who won and give huge thank you to all who participated."
To view all the submissions, visit the Avnet Electronics Marketing YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AvnetEMA
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About Avnet, Inc.
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 2, 2011, Avnet generated revenue of $26.5 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
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