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PSoC 4 Smarter Life Design Challenge - STILL ACCEPTING ENTRIES BEFORE DEC 16TH!

cy.gul
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16 Oct 2013

Cypress and element14 are pleased to annouce the PSoC 4 Smarter Life Design Challenge!

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Are you a Pioneer?


  • Systems and appliances around our homes, offices and cars still lack intelligence and require a lot of manual control.
  • With the advent of single-board computers, engineers can now create ground-breaking applications that will revolutionize the world.
  • Get ready to design for the future with PSoC 4 to make it more convenient, fun, and SMARTER!

 

 

 

View the Kick-Off Webinar:

 

http://www.element14.com/community/videos/9795/l/the-cypress-psoc-4-and-the-smarter-life

 

 

 

Design Challenge Details/ How To Participate:


(The RoadTest is complete, but anyone can still enter the design challenge before December 16th 2013! )

 

  1. Enroll in the Smarter Life Road Test to qualify for a free PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit + $500 voucher to buy additional (Road Test enrollment is now closed as of Oct 14th, but you can still participate in the design challenge!)

  2. To participate in this design challenge, you must create a topic in this forum with the title of your Smarter Life design (Open to all until Dec 16th)

  3. Highlight your design progress in this topic via posts, blogs, videos, pictures, etc. Use this to tell the community what you are building and how. Remember there is a community-voted winner so the more you share the better your chances of winning =)

  4. Submit your final design project and a demo video to your topic thread before December 16th, 2013

  5. Community voting on the best designs for this challenge begins on Dec 16th 2013 and closes on January 17th 2014

 

 

 

Prizes:


  • The Grand Prize winner will receive an all expenses paid trip to Embedded World '14, the largest trade conference of its kind in the world, which will be held in Germany in February 2014; they will also have the opportunity to showcase their designs at Cypress' and element14's stalls and network with their peers.
  • The Second Prize Winner will receive a $1500 voucher for element14's online retail sites
  • The People's Choice Winner, based on community polling which begins on December 16, 2013 and ends on January 17, 2014 will receive a $1500 voucher for element14's online retail sites.


Note:
we may support some proposals which are not selected for the competition by providing additional kit; everyone can be a winner!


 

 

Seed Ideas for PSoC Smarter Life Designs:

 

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Hello Bryan,

     

    Just want to say that the received GY-86 board from ebay turn to be a unlucky option for me.

    I think there is some issue with hardware go to this link to read some details http://www.element14.com/community/community/knode/dev_platforms_kits/element14_dev_kits/psoc4_pioneer_kit/blog/2013/12/27/bluetooth-enabled-smart-shoe

    If have a time and reorder it from other source maybe will show the initial idea. Right now try to see if I can make the GY-86 to work without MS5611. I do not know yet where is the problem.

     

    Kind Regards,

    Stas

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    Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

    I can imagine the persons wearing these shoes receiving the message "you have gained three pounds this month!" and "could you please buy some odor eaters?"

     

    Could you imagine trying to get through the security scanners? "That's got to be a bomb!"

    And the Stewardess, "could you please turn off your shoes? They're interfering with the instruments."

     

    A great idea, but the backlash could be serious. After the shoe bomber? I got grief for a standard sized tube of tooth paste! $4 unopened tube in the trash...

    It would be my luck to step on a nail the first day. Murphy seems to live in my back pocket.

     

    On another note, the Garage door proximity sensor could be linked to the driver's smart phones and automatically open on approach and close on departure.

    Just don't lose your phone or you'll have to push the button.

     

    I have a couple of projects with their PSOCs as well. Lighting control mostly.

    I love electronics, so many ways to do so many fascinating things.

    Heep up the fine work!

    Bryan

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    vsluiter over 12 years ago

    Verry good!

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    Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to vsluiter

    Hi Victor,

     

    Thank you for suggestion!

    And here we go, this is my blog post Bluetooth-Enabled Smart Shoe

     

    Kind Regards,

    Stas

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    vsluiter over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Hello Anastasios,

     

    I am not from element14, but I am supporting the contestants / trying to keep everyone up to date on each others progress. The guy who's doing the official stuff from element14 is now on holidays. If you are able to, you could put a blog post in PSOC Development Kits, otherwise make a blog post in your 'own' blog (default option) and give me the link and I will repost it.

    Please send me a PM to talk things through.

     

    Victor

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