Total Phase Congratulates the First Round Winners of Microchip's PIC32 Design Challenge

PHOENIX, AZ - July 28, 2008 - Total Phase would like to congratulate the 128 designs that have been selected to continue to the next phase of Microchip's PIC32 Design Challenge.

During the second phase, Total Phase is proud to sponsor weekly prizes for the PIC32 community. Twice during the Hardware Phase, community members will get a chance to win one of three Beagle I2C/SPI/MDIO Protocol Analyzer (retail value: $300.00). Community members can qualify to win by participating on the PIC32 Design Challenge website (www.mypic32.com).

About the Beagle I2C/SPI/MDIO Protocol Analyzer

The Beagle I2C/SPI/MDIO Protocol Analyzer is a powerful and versatile tool which allows embedded systems developers to non-intrusively monitor an I2C, SPI or MDIO bus in real-time with timing resolution down to 20 nanoseconds. The Beagle analyzer includes free software and API for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

About Microchip's PIC32 Design Challenge

The PIC32 Design Challenge is a year-long challenge comprised of four phases where contestants can build and test their PIC32-based designs and display them to the community through the use of blogs, videos, and forums. A panel of judges and peers will vote on which designs survive each phase of the contest.

Visit the PIC32 Design Challenge website and participate today.

About Total Phase

Total Phase manufactures powerful and affordable I2C, SPI, MDIO, and USB development tools for the embedded systems engineer. The entire line of developer tools combines best-of-breed features, Windows, Linux, and Mac support, royalty-free API, and free software updates, making them perfect additions to any engineer's toolbox.

Please visit us at www.totalphase.com.