At The Core Design Challenge Announcement

Challengers are tasked with pushing the limits newly unleashed M0 Dual Core on the PSoC 62S4 with Infineon’s ModusToolbox   Platform. 

At The Core Design Challenge

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

The Challenge

Get to the Core of the PSoC 6 microcontroller with multi-core project workflows found in ModusToolbox 3.0

Challengers are tasked with pushing the limits of the newly unleashed Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core on the PSoC 62 dual-core microcontroller with Infineon’s ModusToolbox software development platform.

With the release of ModusToolbox 3.0, Infineon invites you to create projecuts that take advantage of the dual core architecture of the PSoC 62 microcontroller. Whether your application is looking to leverage dual core for low power modes, to securely partition the cores, or to drive multiple operating systems on a single microcontroller, the PSoC 62 with ModusToolbox 3.0 helps to ease your development efforts.

30 Applicants will be chosen to receive the PSoC 62S4 Pioneer Platform, these successful applicants will be our sponsored challengers.

The sponsored challengers must use the ModusToolbox 3.0 development environment as well as demonstrate use of both the Cortex-M0+ and Cortex-M4 cores in their project. Challengers must post their progress and final project with at least 5 blog posts before the closing date. Posts which show inter-core communications and are media-rich with photos, videos and code samples will be viewed more favourably in the judging process.

Examples of qualifying projects can include and are not limited to:

•  Run low power applications on the Cortex-M0+, then wake the Cortex-M4 for more complex tasks requiring additional processing power
•  Using the separate cores for code isolation & security
•  Run trusted firmware on dedicated core
•  Run communication on the Cortex-M0+ while running more complex processes on the Cortex-M4
•  Porting other OS to run on the PSoC 62 microcontroller
• Applications with the Cortex-M0+ core measuring values and the Cortex-M4 visualizing or processing the data

The Sponsored Kit

The Specs

PSoC  62S4 Pioneer Kit x 30qty Buy Now

PSoC 62S4 pioneer kit (CY8CKIT-062S4) is a low-cost hardware platform that enables to design and debug applications using the PSoC 62 MCU. The PSoC 62S4 Pioneer Kit features the PSoC 62 MCU CY8C62x4 (CY8C6244LQI-S4D92) with: 150-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M4 and 100-MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ cores, 256KB of Flash 128KB of SRAM programmable analogue blocks including two 12-bit SAR ADCs programmable digital blocks, Full-Speed USB, a serial memory interface a CAN-FD interface and industry-leading capacitive-sensing with CapSense. 512Mbits quad SPI nonvolatile flash provides high-performance, safe NOR flash memory solution Rich analogue including dual SAR ADCs, DAC, Opamps and comparators Capable of operating in system deep sleep mode Industry leading CapSense (4th generation CapSense) Capacitive sensing interfaces including two buttons and a 5-segment slider ModusToolbox software suite

The Prizes

Prize	Prize Category
Grand Prize Winner	Approximate Value $1770 USD* Microsoft Surface 256GB 16GB RAM Platinum + Sonos One (Gen 2) Two Room Set Voice Controlled Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa Built in (2-Pack White
Runner Up	Approximate Value $746 USD* Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5 Inch 2-in-1 Tablet PC - Silver - Intel Pentium Gold G5600, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + Sonos One (Gen 2) - The Powerful Smart Speaker with Alexa Built-In, Black
Finisher Prize** To be a finisher you must complete 5 blogs and show us testing the resilience of their project.	Approximate Value $62 USD* Fitbit Inspire 2 Health & Fitness Tracker with a Free 1-Year Fitbit Premium

*Or local equivalent

**Grand Prize and Runner Up winners also earn the finisher prize.

The Judges

element14 Community Judges element14 Community Team
Technical Judges Infineon Team

The Dates

Updated as of 17th Feb 2023

Official Challenger

Please congratulate me in announcing the current official Challengers:

guillengap 
steve_nuspl 
thinker.in 
rahulkhanna 
iansaurus 
fyaocn 
Digimorf 
skruglewicz 
KR_Mahadevan 
bfoxx 
taifur 
aaryan2134 
misaz 
Sudeep AJ 
sandeepdwivedi17 
navadeepganeshu 
karthickiot 

 embededdinho 

These challengers will be getting the listed kit free of charge sent to their listed address on the application! Please look out for an email coming shortly with more information 

Live Webinar 

At the Core of the PsoC 62 Webinar
Join us for a free webinar with Clark Jarvis, Software Product Marketing Manager at Infineon Technologies, where we will explore the new development flows related to Cortex-M0+ access and new features of ModusToolbox 3.0.

Get a jump start on your project for the “At the Core” design challenge with helpful tips and tricks for leveraging ModusToolbox 3.0 with enhanced support for multi-core project workflows. Ask us questions and expand on your proposal ideas live.

Host: Clark Jarvis
Date: 10th November 2022 16:00 UK Time.

Watch the webinar here: /learn/events/c/e/1628 

The Terms

Selected official applicants will be chosen to receive the "Kit" listed above; these successful applicants will be our sponsored challengers. The sponsored challengers must use the PSoC 62S4 Pioneer Kit within their project, and publish their final code and designs on the Community for others to use. Those not chosen as sponsored challengers may also join the competition and be eligible to win prizes, but they must base their projects around the PSoC 62S4 Pioneer Kit and adhere to all terms and conditions of the challenge.

Applicants must post their progress and final project as at least 5 blog posts before the closing date (see above), when projects are due. Challengers are strongly encouraged to post their blogs regularly during the contest period, rather than posting them all close to the finish of the competition.

Projects that Demonstrate use of both M0 and M4 cores in their project.most creatively, along with posts that are media rich with photos, videos, and code samples will be viewed more favorably in the judging process.

The sponsored challengers must us ModusToolbox as well as Demonstrate use of both M0 and M4 cores in their project.

Challengers must post their progress and final project as at least 5 blog post before the closing date. Posts which show inter-core communication and 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 PSoC 62S4 Pioneer 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 the Finisher and Winner Prizes, as well.