Embedded control applications are our magazine's primary focus and contest projects are a useful source of this core editorial for many months after the contest conclusion. The more entries we have, the more editorial opportunities there are. The most recent contests have been sponsored by large semiconductor manufacturers like Microchip, Zilog, Philips, Motorola, and Atmel, but any hardware manufacturer with a clever component is a viable candidate. We organize the contest, publicize it, run it, and then judge it. All you do is pay a contest administration fee and provide the prize money.
Every contest has a unique cost schedule.