Great Prizes—$23,000 cash, an HP Mixed Signal Oscilloscope, three HP LogicDarts, and $5000 in incentives

Great Components—PIC12CXXX, PIC16CXXX, or PIC17CXXX

Great Designs—real-world embedded engineering solutions

Great Winners—"The designs submitted were quite professional and far more complex in nature than my wildest imagination. It was clear to me that all of the contestants in this contest are winners." Contest Judge John Martinelli, Director of Advanced Development, Interlink Electronics Inc.

Your response to Design98 made this contest more enjoyable than any of the others that I’ve coordinated to date. I received a ton of E-mail with questions ranging from "How do I get an entry form" to "I designed this cool <big long explanation of the gadget> for my company. May I enter it?"

I got phone calls, "Hello, this is Alvin Tan from Singapore. Can internationals enter your contest?" My response, "Can you cash an American-currency check?"

I received letters "Thanks for running such an interesting contest!!" "Thank you for promoting such a contest." "Thank you for running a great contest. I had fun designing this entry and seeing it finally work."

And then, to top it all off, I got a rabbit colony full of entries. Entries were bursting out of the corners. I was swimming in emptied FedEx envelopes.