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Smart Spaces Design Challenge - Challengers Announcement and Updated Dates

e14phil
e14phil 5 months ago
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Have the FRDM to automate your space

We are launching our newest online Hack-a-thon Design Challenge on element14 Community Stand, Farnell Booth, in the Avnet City at electronica 2024.

10 successful applicants will get a NXP FRDM MCX A & N Series (A15X) free of charge to build and blog their project Building Automation Project.

See the Example Application for tips on completing your entry form.


Hello all, thank you for your patience, I am excited up date you all this morning! 

Please congratulate our selected Challengers for this Design challenge! 

They will be shipped their kit to the addresses in their account. 

skruglewicz 

SensoredHacker0 

 yamanoorsai  

 aashishjoshua  

 abhi1408  

 mike_91  

 ckton  

 balajivan1995  

 fyaocn  

 WaRL0k  

The Dates (Updated as of March 2025) 

To accommodate shipping times we have moved the build and projects due date.

Project Phases Dates
Application Period 12th November 2024
Application Deadline 31st December 2024
Challengers Announced March 26th 2025
Build Period April 7th - 16th June 2025
Projects Due 16th June 2025
Winners Announced June 2025
Prizes Shipped July 2025 

The Prizes

Prizes are subject to change but will be of similar price and style.

Prize Prize Category

Grand Prize Winner and Runner Up

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Approximate Value $1160 USD*

Nest Home Automation kit, Google Nest CCTV and Doorbell set.

Finisher Prize**

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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 Set

*Or local equivalent
**Grand Prize and Runner Up winners will also earn the finisher prize.

The Kit

Our 10 sponsored Challengers will get the following kit free of charge to incorporate into their project.

The Sponsored Kit
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NXP FRDM MCX A

Freedom Development Board, MCXA153, 32bit, ARM Cortex-M33, Quick Start Guide, USB Type-C Cable

Buy now

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NXP FRDM MCX N

Development Kit, MCXN236VDFT, MCXN23x, 32bit, ARM Cortex-M33

Buy now

The Challenge Requirements

10 Applicants will be chosen to receive The Kit above, these successful applicants will be our sponsored challengers. The sponsored challengers must use both the NXP FRDM MCX A and NXP FRDM MCX N within their Building Automation project. Challengers must post their progress and a final project article, with minimum of 5 forum posts before the closing date. Posts which are media-rich with Photos, Videos and Code samples will be viewed more favourably in the Judging Process.

If you are not successful in becoming a sponsored Challenger but still want to enter, all you need to do is use a NXP FRDM MCX A or NXP FRDM MCX N within their Building Automation related projecas 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.

The Judges

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The Terms

Please read the full terms and conditions attached below.


About Sponsor

imageNXP’s mobile Smarter World Tour highlights everything from the smallest microcontrollers to the most complex networking infrastructure through the most secured NFC solutions. Visit truck at your nearest location and see technology, products, sensors, chips and software driving the Internet of Things today and your connected products tomorrow. Experience more than 130 live demonstrations targeting the following applications: Smart Cities & Energy Smart Home & Building Secure Mobile, Medical & Wearables Smart Kitchen Smart Networks Secure Connected Vehicle.

 

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  • dougw
    dougw 5 months ago +6
    Congratulations to the selected participants. Looking forward to seeing your projects take form....
  • e14phil
    e14phil 2 months ago +5
    Hello Challengers Due to unforeseen circumstances, changes in team and now shipping from our UK office, we have had to rearrange the shipment of this challenge kit. I will be reaching out to each and every…
  • cstanton
    cstanton 2 months ago in reply to e14phil +4
    e14phil said: to check on your application and shipping address. Please make sure shipping addresses and phone numbers are up to date in your user profiles
  • dougw
    dougw 5 months ago

    Congratulations to the selected participants. Looking forward to seeing your projects take form....

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  • balajivan1995
    balajivan1995 5 months ago

    This is the first time I'm getting selected for a design challenge. Thank you for selecting me and for extending the duration to 10 weeks. 

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  • aashishjoshua
    aashishjoshua 4 months ago in reply to dougw

    Hoping we get an extension with the build timeline since we haven't got any news about the hardware yet.

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  • skruglewicz
    skruglewicz 4 months ago

    Hi e14phil 

    Just wondering when the hardware will be shipped to selected participants? It has been almost a month since I was selected. please let me know

    Regards

    Steve K

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  • e14phil
    e14phil 4 months ago in reply to skruglewicz

    Hi Steve, Thanks for the message.  Kits are due to ship early next week due to some Trade compliance stuff we have been working on.  All changers will get tracking numbers once they have been sent this time as well! 

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  • cstanton
    cstanton 4 months ago in reply to e14phil
    e14phil said:
    All changers will get tracking numbers once they have been sent this time as well! 

    TNT/FedEx permitting, if they also update the tracking this time.

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  • ckton
    ckton 4 months ago in reply to skruglewicz

    Following up on this. By any chance the tracking details were already sent? I haven't yet received any on my side.

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  • balajivan1995
    balajivan1995 3 months ago in reply to e14phil

    Hi, can you please confirm the exact models you'll be sending out? The representation image for MCX N board shows a board with ethernet connection while the actual linked board doesn't have support for ethernet connection. I didn't realise that until this week. If you could clarify on this, I can decide on whether to add some external module for internet connectivity or not.

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  • ckton
    ckton 3 months ago

    Given the deadline is less than a month away, has anyone already gotten their boards? I haven't received mine yet.

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  • balajivan1995
    balajivan1995 3 months ago in reply to ckton

    Nope.

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