Summer of Sensors Design Challenge

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4 Challenges, 4 Sensory Kits and 4 Ways to Win

Participate in one of our four Design Challenges for the Summer of Sensors! Contestants will be selected to receive one of four different kits, tailored to a specific theme. The winners of these individual challenges will demonstrate the best use of the SensorXplorer, bio sensors, smart asset tracking, and the best air quality application.

THE KITS & PRIZES

In the Air Tonight: Best Air Quality application using the ZMOD4510-EVK or HS4000-EVK

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Prize: Philips AC0820 Series 8 Air Purifier + 11" iPad Pro 128GB WiFi

TAG You’re it: Best Smart Asset Tracking using the STEVAL-SMARTAG1

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Prize: Apple Air Tags 4 Pack + 11" iPad Pro 128GB WiFi

Exploration Station: Best use of the SensorXplorer and sensor range

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Prize: Garmin GPS Rugged GPS Smart Watch + 11" iPad Pro 128GB WiFi

Healing Touch: Best use of the MikroE Bio Sensors and the Arduino Uno

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Prize: Under Bed IoT Sleep Tracker + 11" iPad Pro 128GB WiFi

All challengers who complete their project by the submission deadline: 7th October 2022 will receive a MultiComp Pro Multimeter Set

Blog - Post List

Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - Blog No. 2

me_Cris

Hello everyone! As I said in the previous blog, I will continue with the first sensor from the received kit, namely the MAX30100 sensor. So far I have encountered some problems on the software side. I thought to look for "MAX30100" in the l...
- 26 Oct 2022
In The Air Tonight - Storing Data and Adding Graphs

ntewinkel

At the end of my previous blog post, my Arduino board was sending real data from the ZMOD4510 sensor, via MQTT, to my Node-Red server, which then allowed me to view the results on a dashboard that shows all of the values. However, it's always a ...
- 26 Oct 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - Blog No. 1

me_Cris

Hello everyone!I am glad that I was selected among the beneficiaries who received the Under Pressure kit", and I will continue to try to put into action every sensor received.A few days ago I received the package with these Bio Sensors, or bette...
- 23 Oct 2022
In The Air Tonight - Sending Sensor Data to NodeRed

ntewinkel

In my previous post, I tested the ZMOD4510 sensor on my Arduino MKR WIFI 1010, and thankfully that process went really well Now that I had the sensor part figured out, the next step was to get the MKR WIFI board connecting to WiFi and sending ...
- 22 Oct 2022
Designing a Small Health Monitoring System for the Elderly - HMS Blog #1 - Introduction

milosrasic98

This is my first blog for the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge. In this blog, I go over the backstory behind my project and the idea of how I plan to execute that. I also go through the starter kit and conduct the first tests using the components from the starter kit. Hope you find it interesting!
- 22 Oct 2022
Phase 2: Research and design - Pseudo code for SensorXplorer Board and Programming Raspberry Pi

DeltaPi

Welcome Back Welcome! In this post I will present the base pseudo code for the SensorXplorer board, and the simple python program (running on raspberry pi) that will allow me to play music based on the information the SensorXplorer is reading fr...
- 21 Oct 2022
Smart Container Tracking - Interfacing the STEVAL-SMARTAG1 #3

rahulkhanna

Welcome to my #3rd blog of the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge. I shared my approach to making Smart Container Tracker and the unboxing for TAG You’re it, Challenger. We will set up the environment, understand the d...
- 20 Oct 2022
IntelliLight - Adaptive Smart Bulb Controller - Part 6 - Gesture Board Integration

osjef

RecapWelcome again! This is my 6th blog in a series I am writing for the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge kindly sponsored by Element14 and in my case Vishay. The challenge is to make use of two selected sensor boards from Vishay’s SensorXplo...
- 19 Oct 2022
In The Air Tonight - ZMOD4510 on Arduino

ntewinkel

My goal for this blog was to get the ZMOD4510 Arduino sample running, gathering data from the ZMOD board via I2C, and then displaying it on the Serial Console. I'm using the Arduino MKR WIFI 1010 board (a "SAMD" board), which the documentation says i...
- 18 Oct 2022
In The Air Tonight - Testing the HS4000-EVK

ntewinkel

I had hoped to have some more useable information to share with you for this blog post, but I kept running into obstacles with every turn of the plans I had for the HS4000-EVK. So I will share with you my journey with the HS4000-EVK.Hopefully others ...
- 14 Oct 2022