Thanks to the lovely people at Farnell UK I have 4 Xtrinsic sensor evaluation boards to give away. These boards include a stack of sensors (altitude, pressure, magnetometer and accelerometer) attached to a Freescale Freedom Development Platform board which has a multicolour LED and a touch pad.

Out of the box the boards show up as a USB drive when attached to a PC, and it’s possible to load apps to the board – the Farnell kit comes with a script that displays the information from the various sensors via a USB/Serial interface.

At the moment the board instructions are for PC, although there is a Linux driver available.

There’s potential for lots of really interesting projects with these boards, so here’s how to win one*:

Just come up with an idea for a project using the board – can be anything you like, from the complicated to the simple – and add it as a comment below.

If you want to include a bit of information (or write a blog about your idea) link to it from your comment.

I’ll pick the 4 I like the best and send out the boards. The closing date is the 7th of December 2013 so you have a week to get your thinking caps on.

I’ll feature the ideas – and follow up on how the projects went on in a later blog post.

*droids not included. I live in the UK but will post anywhere but it might take a while to arrive. Decisions are all final. Boards supplied by Farnell UK who send me nice stuff from time to time.

Update:

The competition has now closed, thank you to everyone who entered, I’ll be sorting through the ideas and contacting you if you’re a winner.

This rather good competition is still open – http://uk.farnell.com/panasonic-lego-mindstorms if you’re looking for something else to enter.

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