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1 Meter of Pi - Design Challenge

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1 Meter of Pi Design Challenge

About this Challenge | Dates | The Judges | The Kit | The Prizes | Technical Resources | Example Application | Terms & Conditions | The Challengers | The Winners

 

Feed your crew, family, or the world with 1m3 of Raspberry Pi!

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Ready? Then Apply Here

 

The Challenge

 

The element14 Community are pleased to introduce the “1 Meter Of Pi” Design Challenge, with Raspberry Pi.

As your rocket ship blasts into space, speeding to Mars, you have 1m3 of space to grow your food and nutrients for the journey. Resources are limited, and you need to make it work!

 

Luckily, your friends at the element14 Community have provided 20 successful applicants with a Raspberry Pi 4 2GBRaspberry Pi 4 2GB, a Pimoroni PIM487 Automation HAT, PIM486 Enviro HAT, and a PICO HAT Hacker PCB to help them prepare their 1m3 builds. You have 10 weeks to save your crew.

This could be the 1m3 of space on your rocket, or it could be used to feed the masses or in an urban setting to help feed the needy during a global disaster.

20 successful applicants will get the Challenge Kit free of charge to build and blog their project.

For a chance to win one of the prizes, you must blog about your build process, the final outcome of your challenge kit project, and keep your project within a VERY strict 1m3 of space. In space, no one can hear you scream ... about this constraint.

 

All projects will include a form of vertical, urban, or enclosed farming. Your aim is to add a twist in your project that will set it apart from the other competitors.

 

Example applications could include:

  • Zero G Enclosure
  • Entirely Self-contained System
  • Edible Algae System
  • Electronic Planting and Picking
  • High Growth Density
  • Robotic Pest Management

 

The Kit Buy Kit*Buy Kit*The Specs

Raspberry Pi 4 2GB

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  • 1.5GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 CPU ( ARM v8, BCM2711B0)
  • 2GB RAM (LPDDR4)
  • On-board wireless LAN - dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac
  • On-board Bluetooth 5.0, low-energy (BLE)
  • 2x USB 3.0 ports, 2x USB 2.0 ports
  • Gigabit ethernet
  • 40-pin GPIO header
  • 2× micro-HDMI ports (up to 4Kp60 supported)
  • H.265 (4Kp60 decode)
  • H.264 (1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode)
  • OpenGL ES, 3.0 graphics
  • DSI display port, CSI camera port
  • Combined 3.5mm analog audio and composite video jack
  • Micro-SD card slot
  • USB-C power

PIM487

  Automation HAT Mini





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  • 0.96" colour LCD (160x80)
  • 1 x 24V @ 2A relay (NC and NO terminals)
  • 3 x 12-bit ADC @ 0-24V (ADS1015) (±2% accuracy)
  • 3 x 24V tolerant buffered inputs
  • 3 x 24V tolerant sinking outputs
  • 3.5mm screw terminals
  • Pimoroni breakout-compatible pin header
  • Mini HAT-format board
  • Fully-assembled (no soldering required)
  • Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models
  • Python library
  • Dimensions: 65x30x16.8mm

PIM486

Enviro HAT for Raspberry Pi

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  • BME280 temperature, pressure, humidity sensor (datasheet)
  • LTR-559 light and proximity sensor (datasheet)
  • MEMS microphone (datasheet)
  • 0.96" colour LCD (160x80)
  • Pimoroni breakout-compatible pin header
  • pHAT-format board
  • Fully-assembled
  • Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models
  • Python library
  • Dimensions: 65x30x8.5mm

PIM300

PICO HAT Hacker

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  • BCM and descriptive pin labelling
  • Mounting holes (M2.5)
  • 0.8mm thick PCB
  • Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models


Be Rewarded on the Community

For entering and taking part in the Design Challenge competition, you'll be rewarded the following badges:

 

imageApply to join the Design Challenge and receive a badge and points for applying! Make sure you've thought your application through, made it original and your own work. If you are building upon someone else's work, make sure you cite your sources. Direct copies of work will not be accepted.
imagePost your first blog! We expect updates on how your Design Challenge project is going, so don't hold back, tell us your thoughts, difficulties, and how you're progressing. Remember you're assessed based upon your updates, and don't be afraid - other challengers and members are there to help you with any problems you have, and it helps the staff to keep an eye on you!
image10 blogs! Wow, has it really been that long? We hope you'll keep us updated about your project at least once a week, for 10 weeks. We'll not be impressed if you only put a one-liner in there, that's what messages are for. Blogs are to make sure you're giving us all of the juicy detail, trials and tribulations of what's going on, and it keeps everyone honest!
imageEven if you're not a challenger in the Design Challenge, we appreciate every member who joins in and gives a helping hand to applicants and members. If your messages are found to be helpful, we want to acknowledge that and reward you!

 

Need help? Comment and read the resources below:

Technical Resources:

 

Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi 4

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Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi 4 Computer

 

Raspberry Pi Documentation

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/pathways/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi

 

Automation Hat Libraries

https://github.com/pimoroni/automation-hat

 

The Dates

 

Project PhasesDates
Applications Open17th August 2020
Applications Close (about 1 Month)
14th September 2020
Challengers Announced
14th October 2020
Projects Due
5th January 2021
Winners Announced
Jan 2021
Prizes Shipped
Jan 2021

 

The Prizes

 

PrizePrize Category
1meter pi grand prize

Grand Prizes*

  • Macbook Air
  • Pimoroni Picade
  • $500 Carbon Offset
1meter pi runner up

Runner up*

  • iPad 10
  • Pimoroni Picade
  • $250 Carbon Offset

1meter pi Finisher

Finisher Prize

 

For anyone who completes 10 Blogs and a project with the featured product.

  • Solar USB Charger Battery Bank
  • Reusable Metal Straw and Cutlery Set

*Or local equivalent

 

The Judges

 

TBC
Technical Judge Team
element14 Community Judges
element14 Community Team
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The Terms

 

Selected official applicants will be chosen to receive the "Kit" listed above. These successful applicants will be our sponsored challengers, and they must use at least 3 of the items of kit provided within their project. Those not chosen as sponsored challengers may also join the competition, but they must base their projects around the kit listed above and adhere to all terms and conditions of the challenge.

They need to post their progress and final project as at least 10 blog posts before the closing date. Posts which are media rich with photos, videos, and code samples will be viewed more favorably in the judging process.

Please read the full terms and conditions of the challenge, attached below.

 

Ready to join the challenge? Then Apply Here

 

If you are not successful in becoming a sponsored challenger but still want to enter, all you need to do is use the Kit as described above in your project and adhere to the same Terms and Conditions for a chance to be our winner! Non sponsored challengers are eligible for both the Finisher and Winner Prizes.

20 Applicants will be chosen to receive the Challenge Kit above; these successful applicants will be our sponsored challengers. The sponsored challengers must use the Challenge Kit within their project. Challengers must post their progress and final project as at least one blog post before 5th January 2021. Posts which are media rich with photos, videos, and code samples will be viewed more favourably in the judging process.
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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 3 years ago +10
    I think Matt Damon had a little more than 1m 3 to play with The Martian | Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej3ioOneTy8
  • DAB
    DAB over 3 years ago +7
    Great idea. Though I am not up for the challenge, I would be more than happy to judge the contest. DAB
  • e14phil
    e14phil over 2 years ago +5
    Hello Challengers, I have sent the initial email and the kit is currently being dispatched. stevotech yes, its great to have you onboard! hugohu have you got an email from me now? Sorry I am a week behind…
  • hugohu
    hugohu over 2 years ago in reply to skruglewicz

    "A lot of Pies"

     

    Or Pi?
    As in a raspberry PI?

     

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  • skruglewicz
    skruglewicz over 2 years ago in reply to e14phil

    Hi e14phil

    You have organized a great challenge. I’m looking forward to many more.  I’ve been following you and noticed, you have your fingers in a lot of different pies. You’re a very busy guy. You have a lot of blogs to review, I can now see that you’re responding to the blogs of the challengers. This is very helpful and keep up the good work. During this challenge I monitored all the challenges blogs. I was able to pick up some helpful tips for my project. There are a lot of good ones, you sure have your work cut out for you.

    Stay safe everyone. Best of luck to everyone. We will get through this global pandemic together.

    Thank you

    Steve K

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    e14phil over 2 years ago

    Hello! Just a quick update to say that the Winners Announcement is being put together right now and we will be back with you all shortly!

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    embeddedguy over 2 years ago

    Any idea when will be the winners announced?

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  • skruglewicz
    skruglewicz over 2 years ago

    Hello e14phil  and pchan

     

    I don't know if your aware, but the challenge date section on this page I believe, is incorrect?

     

    As of today, the Challenge Page Dates section states, that the Challenge Projects are due on the "5th January. 2020.". I know that we did lose the year 2020 because of a global covid-19 pandemic. This was kind of surreal when I checked on the finish line date. I'm assuming you meant to say the year 2021.

    That is lest than 4 weeks away, time to get cranking on the implementation of my design..

     

    Kind Regards,

    Steve K

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  • nilutpol_kashyap
    nilutpol_kashyap over 2 years ago

    Just received the kits today. Thank you

    I will start working on the software part from today and keep posting the blogs.

     

    1meterofpi

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  • dules
    dules over 2 years ago in reply to hugohu

    Managed to get them working together: proof of concept video

    Detailed blog post with instructions: Aquaponics Box: #2 - Hacking the HATs (both HATs from the challenger kit on single RPi)

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  • hugohu
    hugohu over 2 years ago in reply to e14phil

    Thank you, I've received one!

     

    Wow, that CM4 looks amazing.

     

    (Stealing ideas from Portena H7 are we, Raspberry Pi?)

     

    You said there ws something secret, I assume that's the 5 extra selections, but....

     

    is it something in the kit that's extra?

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    e14phil over 2 years ago

    Hello Challengers, I have sent the initial email and the kit is currently being dispatched.

    stevotech  yes, its great to have you onboard!
    hugohu  have you got an email from me now?

    Sorry I am a week behind, I just launched the new Raspberry Pi CM4, you should go check it out!

    Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 & IO Board

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  • stevotech
    stevotech over 2 years ago in reply to e14phil

    Hello Phil

     

    Looks as if my submission was successful, yes? I am keen to get cracking, how do I get access to the free Challenge Kit, please?

     

    Best Regards

     

    Ian/stevotech

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