Winners Announcement - Light Up Your Life Design Challenge

24 Nov 2025

Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who put in an application, took part, participated, and supported one another in the Light Up Your Life design challenge.

It is time to announce the winners, but first a quick reminder of the prizes and the challenge.

The Prizes

Prize	Prize Category
Grand Prize Winner	Approximate Value $1,168 USD* Handheld Multicomp Pro Tablet Oscilloscope (MP720645) 4 Channel, 100 MHz, 1 GSPS, 40 Mpts Digital Multicomp Pro Dual-Channel Soldering and Hot Air Station (MP740907) Rework System, 2-Channel, 230 V, 800 W, 100 °C to 500 °C Multicomp Pro Magnifier (LC9090LED) LED, 3 Dioptre, 5 Dioptre Magnification, 125 cm Arm, EU, UK Plug
Runner-Up Prize	Approximate Value $724 USD* Handheld Multicomp Pro Tablet Oscilloscope (MP720645) 4 Channel, 100 MHz, 1 GSPS, 40 Mpts
Finisher Prize** To be a finisher you must complete 5 forum posts and a project article post demonstrating your project.	Approximate Value $80 USD* Helping Hand with Large Magnifier (MP012468) 3x Magnification, 90mm Dia Heat Shrink Tubing Kit (MC36420) 175 pieces

Prize

Prize Category

Grand Prize Winner

Approximate Value $1,168 USD*

Handheld Multicomp Pro Tablet Oscilloscope (MP720645)
4 Channel, 100 MHz, 1 GSPS, 40 Mpts

Digital Multicomp Pro Dual-Channel Soldering and Hot Air Station (MP740907)
Rework System, 2-Channel, 230 V, 800 W, 100 °C to 500 °C

Multicomp Pro Magnifier (LC9090LED)
LED, 3 Dioptre, 5 Dioptre Magnification, 125 cm Arm, EU, UK Plug

Runner-Up Prize

Approximate Value $724 USD*

Handheld Multicomp Pro Tablet Oscilloscope (MP720645)
4 Channel, 100 MHz, 1 GSPS, 40 Mpts

Finisher Prize**

To be a finisher you must complete 5 forum posts and a project article post demonstrating your project.

Approximate Value $80 USD*

Helping Hand with Large Magnifier (MP012468)
3x Magnification, 90mm Dia

Heat Shrink Tubing Kit (MC36420)
175 pieces

*Or local equivalent
**Grand Prize and Runner Up winners will also earn the finisher prize.

The Challenge

For the chance to win one of the prizes above, Challengers were asked to design a prototype or test rig using Würth Elektronik’s SMD LEDs with Integrated WL-ICLED Controller. They had to share their build process and the final outcome of their Project, showcasing the features of WL-ICLED Controllers in the best and/or most imaginative ways possible.

Now, without further ado, we have our winners for the Light Up Your Life design challenge.

Grand Prize Winner
Gough Lui – A Better Microscope
microscope ring light
Great job creating a macro photography ring light, taking advantage of the fact the Würth Elektronik LEDs are individually addressable to make an LED ring that can have segments selectively activated, rotated around its circumference, and changed in colour, all via remote control.

Runners-Up
We have added a second Runner Up position to create another opportunity to recognize the hard work of Challengers in this design challenge.

In no particular order

embeddedguy – RGB MATRIX
led rgb matrix
Well done creating your interactive RGB matrix, particularly using so many kinds of LEDs as an unsponsored Challenger.

arvindsa – AuraAlert
aura alert project
Nice work building your networked, wall-mounted devices that listen for important household sounds and translate them into visual alerts (as well as triggering a handheld vibrating, haptic module) for the hearing-impaired.

I know you will all join me in congratulating our winners – well done! If you have not yet checked out everyone’s final submissions, then go check them out. A big shout-out as well to all of our design challenge finishers!

Finishers
In no particular order

navadeepganeshu – Radiant Goofy Bulbs

misaz – RGB LED Strip Diagnostics Tool

fyaocn – Smart Car Chamber

CADi_Master – RGB Flashlight RGB LED Strip Diagnostics Tool

My colleague E14Alice will be in touch to arrange the shipment of the prizes

I also want to say thank you to the team at Würth Elektronik for all their support and participation throughout the design challenge.