The Eye on Intelligence Challenge

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More developers today are designing embedded vision systems into their projects. As such, embedded vision is having a transformative effect on skill sets, technical innovation, and product development. AMD adaptive SoCs and FPGAs are ideal devices for designing embedded visual intelligence. This competition is an opportunity for you to hone your embedded vision skills, utilizing a development kit based on the AMD Zynq 7000 SoC devices.

Participants will design and build an embedded vision project of their choice. Fifteen official applicants will receive free-of-charge a Digilent Arty Z7 (P/N 410-346-20), a development platform designed around the AMD Zynq 7000 SoC. For a chance to win one of the great prizes in this challenge, you must blog about your design process, as well as publish the final-result of your Embedded Vision Project on the competition site. The Sponsor’s kit must be used in your final project.

Who Can Join?

Any element14 member. Click here to read the FAQs. You need to submit an application entry form by the enrollment due date (see Timeline Table). If you are not an element14 Community member, please join here.

The Prizes

Prize	Prize Category
Grand Prize Winner	Approximate Value $1000 USD*** MULTICOMP PRO MP720025 Digital Oscilloscope MULTICOMP PRO MP710082 Bench Power Supply
Runner Up	Approximate Value $450 USD** Digilent DPS3340 Discovery USB Programmable Power Supply: Three Channel Variable DC Programmable Power Supply
Third Prize	Approximate Value $325 USD* MULTICOMP PRO MP720783 Handheld Oscilloscope TENMA 72-2660 Handheld DC Power supply
Finisher Prize** To be a finisher you must complete a final project blog that details the testing you have performed.	Approximate Value $54 USD* MULTICOMP PRO MP781004 Handheld Digital Multimeter

The Kit

A maximum of 15 FREE kits will be given to those applicants who write an interesting application. To be eligible to receive a kit, you must submit an application by the enrollment deadline (See to Timeline Table).

Note: The challenge kit does not provide everything that will be needed for this competition. The challenger will need to have the resources and equipment, as well as other minor parts to build their Embedded Vision projects.

The Dates

Technical Resources

• Datasheet
• Reference Manual
• Technical Support

Blog Requirements, FAQs, & Judging

The final, detailed, summary blog is the only requirement to successfully finish this program. However, a participant can earn extra points by publishing up to 5 extra credit blogs. Click the following link to read how these 5 blogs will be individually scored. More Information.

The Challengers

track your progress and see how you compare to other participants via the following table:

Where to Ask Questions?

For any general or technical questions about the competition, please post a comment on this page. It is monitored by element14.

Bookmarking this page is a good way to keep up-to-date with the competition.

The Terms

Please read the full terms and conditions attached below.

About Sponsor

AMD is the inventor of the FPGA, hardware programmable SoCs, and the adaptive SoCs. Learn more about their technologies that enable rapid innovation from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud.