Allied Electronics, Design News Take Gadget Freak Competition Live at National Design Engineering Show

Fort Worth, Texas -– Allied Electronics and Design News will challenge engineers to design on the fly when they take the Gadget Freak contest live at the National Design Engineering Show and Conference in Chicago from March 21-23.

The 3rd Annual Gadget Freak Workshop Competition, hosted by Design News and sponsored by Allied Electronics, challenges engineers to assemble simple – and not so simple – electronic circuits. The Gadget Freak Workshop Competition runs daily during the show.

The National Design Engineering Show and Conference, which will be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, is the only national event for OEM design engineers.

For engineers who cannot attend the show, there is another way for them to show off their Gadget Freak skills. Engineers who have a built a gadget for home use that incorporates electronic component and involves sensing, motion, timing, and/or networking elements can submit their idea to Design News.

For more information or to view previous winning gadgets, visit Design News online at www.designnews.com and select the Gadget Freak link on the left-hand side of the page.

About Allied Electronics
Allied Electronics’ headquarters are located in Fort Worth, Texas with 56 sales branches across the United States and in Canada. Allied is a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the world leading catalog component distributor. Electrocomponents has operations in six continents and headquarters in Oxford, England. For more information, visit www.alliedelec.com.

About Design News
Design News magazine, with a circulation of 170,000 design engineers, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. It covers the latest tools, components, and materials used in mechanical and electromechanical design of a broad range of products. Articles feature successful engineering projects and new technologies that will spark ideas and assist engineers in their design work. For more information, visit www.designnews.com.

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