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Meet the Winners of Design For A Cause 2021

e14phil — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:26:45 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by e14phil on 7/27/2021 5:26:45 PM

Design for a Cause 2021 Challenge

I am happy to announce today's Winners of the Design For A Cause 2021 Design Challenge!

After 20+ weeks of designing, researching, prototyping, coding, and testing, with 188 Blog posts and 83 Videos created, the Design For A Cause 2021 Design Challenge has come to a close. Our challengers were tasked to use the Arduino Nano 33 IoT create something for the good of humanity and a cause close to their hearts.

The judges have rounded up their thoughts on the projects, and selected their favorites!

Kit used

The Kit	The Specs
Arduino Nano 33 IoT	The board's main processor is a low power Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21. The WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity is performed with a module from u-blox, the NINA-W10, a low power chipset operating in the 2.4GHz range. On top of those, secure communication is ensured through the Microchip® ECC608 crypto chip. Besides that, you can find a 6 axis IMU, what makes this board perfect for simple vibration alarm systems, pedometers, relative positioning of robots, etc IoT support for: Arduino's own IoT Cloud: Arduino's IoT Cloud is a simple and fast way to ensure secure communication for all of your connected Things. Check it out here Blynk: a simple project from our community connecting to Blynk to operate your board from a phone with little code IFTTT: see an in-depth case of building a smart plug connected to IFTTT AWS IoT Core: we made this example on how to connect to Amazon Web Services Azure: visit this github repository explaining how to connect a temperature sensor to Azure's Cloud Firebase: you want to connect to Google's Firebase, this Arduino library will show you how

The Kit

The Specs

Arduino Nano 33 IoT

The board's main processor is a low power Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21.

The WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity is performed with a module from u-blox, the NINA-W10, a low power chipset operating in the 2.4GHz range.

On top of those, secure communication is ensured through the Microchip® ECC608 crypto chip.

Besides that, you can find a 6 axis IMU, what makes this board perfect for simple vibration alarm systems, pedometers, relative positioning of robots, etc

IoT support for:

Arduino's own IoT Cloud: Arduino's IoT Cloud is a simple and fast way to ensure secure communication for all of your connected Things. Check it out here
Blynk: a simple project from our community connecting to Blynk to operate your board from a phone with little code
IFTTT: see an in-depth case of building a smart plug connected to IFTTT
AWS IoT Core: we made this example on how to connect to Amazon Web Services
Azure: visit this github repository explaining how to connect a temperature sensor to Azure's Cloud
Firebase: you want to connect to Google's Firebase, this Arduino library will show you how

The Prizes

Prize	Prize Category
	Grand Prize Creality CR10-S 3D Printer iPad Air 64GB Wifi $500 Donated To A Charity of your Choice
	Runner Up iPad Air 64GB Wifi $250 Donated To A Charity of your Choice
	Finisher Prize Pocket Digital Multimeter, Resistance Measure, 4000 Count, Average, Auto Range, 3.75 Digit

Prize

Prize Category

Grand Prize

Creality CR10-S 3D Printer
iPad Air 64GB Wifi
$500 Donated To A Charity of your Choice

Runner Up

iPad Air 64GB Wifi
$250 Donated To A Charity of your Choice

Finisher Prize

Pocket Digital Multimeter, Resistance Measure, 4000 Count, Average, Auto Range, 3.75 Digit

*Or local equivalent

Winners of the Design For A Cause 2021 Pi Design Challenge

Grand Prize

javagozaVenTTracker

Read Blogs

javagoza designed an IoT Device which monitors gas density and controls windows in a given area to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We loved the practical engineering, software, IoT dashboard and expandability of this project.

Runner Up

sunnyiut - Vital Care

Read Blogs

The project goal was to design a continuous vital monitoring device which can ease the post recovery after care process for CoVid - 19. This device will send health parameters into the Cloud for telemedicine.

Finishers

We loved the listed below finishers' works so much they come highly recognized for their amazing efforts.

Other finishers will be contacted directly to receive their prizes.

Here are a selection of our favorite finishers.

ilvyanyatka

Open Source EMDR Machine
Victoria's project is to make a fully functional EMDR machine. EMDR is used by psychotherapists in the office setting to reduce patients’ stress and anxiety. It works very well for patients diagnosed with depression, panic attacks, PTSD, addictions, eating disorders. Now due to Covid-19 almost everyone even without diagnosis is stressed and anxious. However this machine costs over $500. My goal is to make a fully functional EMDR machine with some enhancements that will make it even more effective. I plan to make it as cost-efficient as possible, with the instructions and code published on the web. This way therapists from poverty-stricken countries, like Belarus, Ghana etc., can afford it and help people.

Read Blogs

bernhardmayer

EnergySaverHighScore - Using MQTT, and a Raspberry Pi to Gamify green energy usage

Read Blogs

tbriceno

Garden Controller - a simple Bluetooth Garden water controller

Tony used the MIT App and Build to build his Bluetooth Android app. The app can monitor soil moisture, temperature, pumps, and water level remotely.

Read Blogs

www.youtube.com/watch

vlasov01

Trakcore - Posture correction device

I think technology and community can help improve your posture. Here is how my solution can apply to orthopedic recommendations for better posture:

Be conscious of your posture
- The Arduino Nano 33 IoT (MCU) has capability to collect position information from 6 axis IMU sensor, analyze it using a neural model, recognize activity and communicate results using BLE to a smartphone app to provide a real-time feedback to a person.
Get up and move often
- MCU will detect lack of movements for an extended period of time and send a notification to the app
Get breaks to stretch
- App will recommend stretching and MCU will measure compliance to the recommendation and publish it to the app

Read Blogs

jduchniewicz

BIBoP - Brother Industry Band of Power - Telemedical device

BIBoP is a smart armband designed for remote patient monitoring and overall health assessment. It is based on the Arduino Nano 33 IoT with some external sensors. It uses AWS Lambda and MQTT for communication. Jakub is also making this project Opensource and you can check out the project's GitHub resources.

Read Blogs

dwinhold

Robotic Hand

Dale created a telecocation robotic hand using the Adruino Nano IoT 33 and a set of EMG sensors. They monitored the signals from Dale's hand and flex the same electronic muscles in the robotic hand. This project also included 3D printed fingers and palm.

Read Blogs

vishwasn

Smart Agro Probe
Vishwas created a solar powered remote sensor that used a microphone and temperature sensor to obtain and train a machine learning model. It runs on the Arduino Nano 33 Sense to detect cricket infestations and elephants.

Read Blogs

aaryan2134

Remote Agriculture Solution

An agricultural robot with custom Bluetooth App for safe pesticide dispersion.

Read Blogs

skruglewicz

Beats Per Minute Nano

Stephen created a IoT heartrate monitor using his work from the Azure Sphere Challenge and access the information using Blynk and AWS IoT Core.

Read Blogs

hitesh.boghani

smartChair - Stand up and Walking Aid. IoT Mobility aid

Hitesh's aim was to design and build a lightweight and easy-to-use device; it is a smartChair that would support the "sit-up" position by providing power assistance from an IoT App.

Read Blogs

alexandru.cohal

Smart Exhibit

Alexandru created a smart IoT device to help staff in galleries monitor works of art in exhibits as well as the general public.

Read Blogs

Tags: designforacause, design_for_a_cause_2021

Design For A Cause 2021 - Challengers Announcement

e14phil — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:44:23 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by e14phil on 7/6/2021 7:44:23 PM

Design for a Cause 2021 Challenge

Congratulations to the official Design For A Cause 2021 challengers!

Thank you to everyone who applied, we had so many applicants that I was reading them for days and choosing a fair distribution of our favorites has been very challenging!

Due to some delays and to account for international post during a pandemic we will be moving the dates a little to make the challenge more fair on everyone globally.

Closing Dates Update:
A few Challengers have reached out as they are just finishing off projects.

We will be accepting blogs and entry until end of 4th of June 2021.

Updated Challenge Dates

Project Phases	Dates
Applications Open	18th December 2020
Applications Close	15th Feb 2021
Challengers Announced	4th March 2021
Kit Shipping Period	4th - 18th March 2021
Build Period	18th March - 27th May 2021
Projects Due	Closing Dates Update: A few Challengers have reached out as they are just finishing off projects. We will be accepting blogs and entry until end of 4th of June 2021.
Winners Announced	June 2021
Prizes Shipped	June 2021

Official Challengers

50 Challengers

5 Blogs each

1 Cause close to their hearts

Each challenger must blog at least 5 times within the Design For A Cause 2021 space about their project that must contain the Arduino Nano 33 IoT

Please congratulate the following challengers!

vishwasn

ahmadradhy
peter_haas

ajayvishaal

Challengers Note:

The following challengers will receive this kit free of charge at the address on their application.

My colleague Dan Zima danzima may be in touch to help coordinate shipping.

If your address has changed, please contact us asap.

The Kit	The Specs
Arduino Nano 33 IoT https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3404693&nsku=67AH8873&COM=noscript	The board's main processor is a low power Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21. The WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity is performed with a module from u-blox, the NINA-W10, a low power chipset operating in the 2.4GHz range. On top of those, secure communication is ensured through the Microchip® ECC608 crypto chip. Besides that, you can find a 6 axis IMU, what makes this board perfect for simple vibration alarm systems, pedometers, relative positioning of robots, etc IoT support for: Arduino's own IoT Cloud: Arduino's IoT Cloud is a simple and fast way to ensure secure communication for all of your connected Things. Check it out here Blynk: a simple project from our community connecting to Blynk to operate your board from a phone with little code IFTTT: see an in-depth case of building a smart plug connected to IFTTT AWS IoT Core: we made this example on how to connect to Amazon Web Services Azure: visit this github repository explaining how to connect a temperature sensor to Azure's Cloud Firebase: you want to connect to Google's Firebase, this Arduino library will show you how

The Kit

The Specs

Arduino Nano 33 IoT

https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3404693&nsku=67AH8873&COM=noscript

The board's main processor is a low power Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21.

The WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity is performed with a module from u-blox, the NINA-W10, a low power chipset operating in the 2.4GHz range.

On top of those, secure communication is ensured through the Microchip® ECC608 crypto chip.

Besides that, you can find a 6 axis IMU, what makes this board perfect for simple vibration alarm systems, pedometers, relative positioning of robots, etc

IoT support for:

Arduino's own IoT Cloud: Arduino's IoT Cloud is a simple and fast way to ensure secure communication for all of your connected Things. Check it out here
Blynk: a simple project from our community connecting to Blynk to operate your board from a phone with little code
IFTTT: see an in-depth case of building a smart plug connected to IFTTT
AWS IoT Core: we made this example on how to connect to Amazon Web Services
Azure: visit this github repository explaining how to connect a temperature sensor to Azure's Cloud
Firebase: you want to connect to Google's Firebase, this Arduino library will show you how

The Judges

Arduino
Technical Judge Team

element14 Community Judges
element14 Community Team

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 the Arduio Nano IoT 33 within their project, and Publish their final Code and Designs on the element14 Community for others to use. 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 5 blog posts before the closing date when projects are due. Posts which are media rich with photos, videos, and code samples will be viewed more favorably in the judging process.

Tags: arduino_challenge, design_for_a_cause_2021

Design For A Cause 2021 - Design Challenge

e14phil — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:43:25 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by e14phil on 7/6/2021 7:43:25 PM

Design for a Cause 2021 Challenge

Join us in collaboration with Arduino to Design For A Cause.

players.brightcove.net/.../index.html

Closing Dates Update:
A few Challengers have reached out as they are just finishing off projects.

We will be accepting blogs and entry until end of 4th of June 2021.

The Challenge

50 Challengers

5 Blogs each

1 Cause close to their hearts

In 2019 we ran the ‘Design for a Cause' Challenge with Arduino, creating assistive technologies for people living with physical or mental impairments. Community members help their local causes by building projects ranging from the Smart Cane for the visually impaired to a fully functional Smart Trike for a loved one.

The element14 Community is pleased to introduce the next Design For a Cause 2021 Challenge, where thanks to Arduino 50 sponsored Challengers will receive the Arduino Nano 33 IoT for free.

Once again, Arduino is challenging Community members to design the most creative, and altruistic solution for times of duress and global disasters. You can build a project to combat global droughts, flooding, world hunger, micro plastics, issues with long term COVID-19 Symptoms, or aid others with their day-to-day struggles.

For a chance to win one of the prizes below, you must blog your build process and the final outcome of your projects within the Design for a Cause 2021 Challenge space using the Arduino Nano 33 IoT.

What Can I Build?

You can build anything you want, as long as it helps a "Cause" close to your heart, uses the Arduino Nano 33 IoT, and make your code and designs Public after you are done.

Example applications could include:

Micro Plastic Monitoring Buoy
Open Source Security System
Cheap Replacement System
Cheap Mobile Refrigerator for Vaccine distribution
Pest control system
Aids for those with Long COVID-19 symptoms
Safer cooking options for people with sight impairments
Mobility Aids
Open Source Electric Wheelchair Conversion kit

The Kit	The Specs
Arduino Nano 33 IoT Buy NowBuy Now	The board's main processor is a low power Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21. The WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity is performed with a module from u-blox, the NINA-W10, a low power chipset operating in the 2.4GHz range. On top of those, secure communication is ensured through the Microchip® ECC608 crypto chip. Besides that, you can find a 6 axis IMU, what makes this board perfect for simple vibration alarm systems, pedometers, relative positioning of robots, etc IoT support for: Arduino's own IoT Cloud: Arduino's IoT Cloud is a simple and fast way to ensure secure communication for all of your connected Things. Check it out here Blynk: a simple project from our community connecting to Blynk to operate your board from a phone with little code IFTTT: see an in-depth case of building a smart plug connected to IFTTT AWS IoT Core: we made this example on how to connect to Amazon Web Services Azure: visit this github repository explaining how to connect a temperature sensor to Azure's Cloud Firebase: you want to connect to Google's Firebase, this Arduino library will show you how

The Kit

The Specs

Arduino Nano 33 IoT

Buy NowBuy Now

The board's main processor is a low power Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit SAMD21.

The WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity is performed with a module from u-blox, the NINA-W10, a low power chipset operating in the 2.4GHz range.

On top of those, secure communication is ensured through the Microchip® ECC608 crypto chip.

Besides that, you can find a 6 axis IMU, what makes this board perfect for simple vibration alarm systems, pedometers, relative positioning of robots, etc

IoT support for:

Arduino's own IoT Cloud: Arduino's IoT Cloud is a simple and fast way to ensure secure communication for all of your connected Things. Check it out here
Blynk: a simple project from our community connecting to Blynk to operate your board from a phone with little code
IFTTT: see an in-depth case of building a smart plug connected to IFTTT
AWS IoT Core: we made this example on how to connect to Amazon Web Services
Azure: visit this github repository explaining how to connect a temperature sensor to Azure's Cloud
Firebase: you want to connect to Google's Firebase, this Arduino library will show you how

Be Rewarded on the Community

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

	Apply 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.
	Post 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!
	5 blogs! Wow, has it really been that long? We hope you'll keep us updated about your project at least once every two weeks, 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!
	Even 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:

Technical Specs

https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-nano-33-iot

Schematics PDF

https://content.arduino.cc/assets/NANO33IoTV2.0_sch.pdf

Eagle Files (ZIP)
https://content.arduino.cc/assets/Nano33IoT.zip

Micro Controller Datasheet

https://content.arduino.cc/assets/mkr-microchip_samd21_family_full_datasheet-ds40001882d.pdf

The Dates

Project Phases	Dates
Applications Open	18th December 2020
Applications Close	15th Feb 2021
Challengers Announced	4th March 2021
Kit Shipping Period	4th - 18th March 2021
Build Period	18th March - 27th May 2021
Projects Due	Closing Dates Update: A few Challengers have reached out as they are just finishing off projects. We will be accepting blogs and entry until end of 4th of June 2021.
Winners Announced	4th June 2021
Prizes Shipped	~ June 2021

* Revised dates on 4th March 2021

The Prizes

Prize	Prize Category
	Grand Prize Creality CR10-S 3D Printer iPad Air 64GB Wifi $500 Donated To A Charity of your Choice
	Runner Up iPad Air 64GB Wifi $250 Donated To A Charity of your Choice
	Finisher Prize Pocket Digital Multimeter, Resistance Measure, 4000 Count, Average, Auto Range, 3.75 Digit

Prize

Prize Category

Grand Prize

Creality CR10-S 3D Printer
iPad Air 64GB Wifi
$500 Donated To A Charity of your Choice

Runner Up

iPad Air 64GB Wifi
$250 Donated To A Charity of your Choice

Finisher Prize

Pocket Digital Multimeter, Resistance Measure, 4000 Count, Average, Auto Range, 3.75 Digit

*Or local equivalent

The Judges

Arduino Technical Judge Team
element14 Community Judges element14 Community Team

The Terms

They need to post their progress and final project as at least 5 blog posts before the closing date when projects are due. 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 the Finisher and Winner Prizes as well.

Attachments:

community.element14.com/.../Design-for-a-Cause-2021-Terms-and-Conditions-v2.pdf

Design for a Cause 2021 Terms and Conditions v2.pdf

Tags: design_challenge, arduino, design_for_a_cause_2021