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Design Challenge Prizes - What Do You Want?

nlarson

For those of you who have applied to compete in a Design Challenge at element14 Community what prizes did you feel motivated you the most to sign up? If you haven't applied, what prizes would motivate you the most to sign up and compete?  What prizes would you like to see that haven't been offered yet?  Does a goodie bag of products get you motivated? How about a chance to meet and spend a day with your electronics engineering "celebrity" or maybe mentoring sessions from an industry expert?  

 

Please share your thoughts below to help us make prizes better for future Design Challenges.  (cc: Members Top Members RoadTests & Reviews )

 

Thanks!

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  • Here is an attempt to list the top 11 cool prizes for electronics experimenters in design challenges - in order of desirability:

    1. oscilloscope
    2. 3D printer
    3. camera for video blogging
    4. camera for macro photography
    5. bench power supply
    6. signal generator
    7. accurate DVM
    8. electronics CAD software
    9. android phablet
    10. prototyping breadboards and general purpose modules like PSoC kits, arduinos and RPi's
    11. e14 vouchers

    I am lucky to have most of this stuff but still missing a decent signal generator, so for me #6 and #11 are probably more motivating.

  • in reply to dougw

    I'm going through the edX course EE40LX right now, which i think e14 was involved with, and they use a myDAQ for all the measuring, including everything from volt meter to  oscilloscope. That, and the parts kit for that course (and perhaps for other similar online courses) might be suitable prizes too. Maybe others might also like sponsorship of certificates for such courses? I just take these courses for learning and fun, so certificates aren't important to me, but maybe younger folks might like that to add to their resumes.

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  • in reply to dougw

    I'm going through the edX course EE40LX right now, which i think e14 was involved with, and they use a myDAQ for all the measuring, including everything from volt meter to  oscilloscope. That, and the parts kit for that course (and perhaps for other similar online courses) might be suitable prizes too. Maybe others might also like sponsorship of certificates for such courses? I just take these courses for learning and fun, so certificates aren't important to me, but maybe younger folks might like that to add to their resumes.

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  • in reply to ntewinkel

    Nico, that edX course looks good. I'd be interested in your review once it's done. I might have a look for work related courses too.

  • in reply to Workshopshed

    So far I'm enjoying it and learning a fair bit.

    I was not sure what I was expecting, but it's a nice bonus that they are going into detail on different bits of circuits (like opAmps, and uses of resistors and capacitors etc).

     

    So for me being a software-centric guy, it's nice that they focus a fair bit on the hardware side of it.

  • in reply to Workshopshed

    I just happened across your comment again image

    So here is my review...

     

    I found that the course focuses mostly on learning the electronics that go around robotics for sensors and outputs, not so much the robotics themselves. There's nothing on software other than that they provide the code required to run the project.

     

    There's also a lot of detail on the theory behind the circuits.

    For me it was a little too much, though still very interesting. But I learned some very useful things about filters and amplifiers.

     

    One part I wondered about was that they were creating complex circuits which I think could have been done by using an ADC on the chip instead.

     

    -Nico