Pi-Fest Design Challenge

Make some noise with the Raspberry Pi Pico in the Pi-Fest music technology Design Challenge.

Pi-Fest Design Challenge

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

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The Challenge

Make some noise with the Raspberry Pi Pico!

This new musical Design Challenge will put you and the Raspberry Pi Pico center stage.

50 successful applicants will get a Raspberry Pi Pico free of charge to use to build and blog their project. For the chance to win one of the prizes below, you must blog your build process and the final outcome of your Raspberry Pi Pico music or audio project. Use the Raspberry Pi Pico and any other Raspberry Pi products of your choice to create your music or audio project.

Successful projects will feature on our Pi-Fest livestream and challengers will be featured on our Pi-Fest tour poster.

Example applications could include:

• Synthesizer
• Podcasting Rig
• Live Music Production Machine
• AI Music Machine
• Sound level logging and Monitoring

The Sponsored Kit	The Specs
Raspberry Pi Pico - 50 will be given away Buy Now	Raspberry Pi Pico Raspberry Pi designed RP2040 chipset Dual core ARM Cortex M0+ processor at up to 133MHz with variable core frequency 264kB SRAM & 2MB onboard flash memory 26 Multifunction GPIO pins (23x digital only, 3x ADC capable) 2x SPI, 2x I2C, 2x UART, 3x 12-bit ADC and 16x controllable PWM channels

The Prizes

Prize	Prize Category
Winning Headliner Live Music and Podcasting Bundle	Approximate Value $950 USD* $500 of Ticketmaster Vouchers Shure SM7B Professional Microphone and Stand Go XLR professional USB Audio Interface Headline Position on our Livestreamed Festival Headline Position on your very own Pi-Fest Tour Poster
Supporting Act	Approximate Value $550 USD* $250 of Ticketmaster Vouchers Shure MV7 USB Microphone Headline Position on our Livestreamed Festival Headline Position in your very own Pi-Fest Tour Poster
Finisher Prize** To be a finisher you must complete 5 blogs and show us testing the resilience of their project.	Approximate Value $30 USD* Multicomp Pro Multimeter

*Or local equivalent

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

The Judges

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The Dates

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 Raspberry Pi Pico 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 Raspberry Pi Pico 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 use the Raspberry Pi Pico most creatively, along with posts that 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 Raspberry Pi Pico 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.