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Projects Due - Monday 26th October 2020

e14phil — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:28:33 GMT

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Final announcement
After a few people have reached out and the news we will be now announcing the winners at Infineon's Virtual Electronica Event.

We have ONE FINAL extension for project submissions until the Morning of this Monday 26th Oct 2020.

After that all Finisher Prizes, and Main Prizes will be decided on. You Must post 10 Blogs to win the finishers prizes and also be in the running for the main prizes.

akshitagupta15june
asokfair
balachandramhegde
cgsolutions
coderdojostpaul2
crisdeodates
cyberwizard
dang74
enkrypted

fyaocn

Infineon - Technical Support Thread

e14phil — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:26:08 GMT

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Hello everyone,

I created this thread here for technical support regarding Infineon hardware for the element14 sustain the world challenge.

Please post all questions here, if you got issues and problems.

However, part of the challenge is also to come along with the hardware by yourself! To don't get overwhelmed by too many questions,

I want to encourage you all, that you are trying to solve small problems as well as possible by yourself first!

Furthermore, even though it's a competitive challenge, helping each other is also possible and welcome!

jd_tech_support_ifx and me will try to answer your questions!

Good luck to everyone!

Mr. Brew

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Sustain The World - Winners Announcement

e14phil — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:50:42 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by e14phil on 1/6/2021 7:50:42 PM

I am happy to announce today's Winners of the Sustain The World - Design Challenge with Infineon

After 20+ weeks of designing,Researching, Prototyping, Coding and Testing, 90 Blog posts and 46 Videos the Sustain The World - Design Challenge has come to a close.

Our challengers were tasked to use Infineon XMC4700 and the Platform2Go systems to connect their world!

The judges have rounded up their thoughts on the projects and selected their favorites.

Kit used

Main MCU	Accessories
XMC4700 Relax Lite Kit & Platform2GO XMC4200	TLE94112 Motor Control, DPS368 Pressure Sensor, TLV493D 3DSense Shield2Go, and Profet+2 12v Shield for Arduino Shield

Main MCU

Accessories

XMC4700 Relax Lite Kit & Platform2GO XMC4200

TLE94112 Motor Control, DPS368 Pressure Sensor,

TLV493D 3DSense Shield2Go, and Profet+2 12v Shield for Arduino Shield

Prizes

Grand Prize	Runner up
$500 to charity of choice, 100 trees planted, Envirocycle Home Composter, Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden, & reusable metal straw and cutlery set Learn More	$250 to charity of choice, 100 trees planted, Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden, & reusable metal straw and cutlery set Learn More

Grand Prize

Runner up

$500 to charity of choice, 100 trees planted, Envirocycle Home Composter, Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden, & reusable metal straw and cutlery set

Learn More

$250 to charity of choice, 100 trees planted, Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden, & reusable metal straw and cutlery set

Learn More

Winners of the Sustain The World Design Challenge with Infineon

Grand Prize

Smart Farming Hoe - asokfair
Asok created a Bluetooth mesh connected farming tool which is Solar powered.

This tool also has remote control of the grow light, the irrigation and water systems as well as guarding the crops when the user is away.

Watch their demos, videos and review their code on the links below.

Read All asokfair Blogs Here

Runner Up

Smart Hydroponic System by - kurama007
Satoshi built a fully functional Hydroponic Farm with a web based monitoring interface, full Co2 Monitoring as well as Air, Lighting, Moisture and cooling control using Infineon hardware.

Watch their demos, videos and review their code on the links below.

Read All of Satoshi's Blogs Here

Finishers

These projects won't be winning the top spot prizes, but we loved their projects so much we wanted to publicize their amazing work.

Rain Predicting Sprinkler System

dang74

Dan Grise

Dan crated a sprinkler system that was aware of barometric pressure then ported it to DAVE and the XMC4700.

The factors the judges liked the most is that he made his own Custom PCB for the project but was defeated by the plumbing in the end!

Home Farm Health

lesmalave
Luis Malavé

Luis was aware that he lived near an industrial area and wanted to monitor his grows and air quality using MQ7 MQ135 and DPS368.

The Judges liked that he talked us through his code and worked on LCD interface himself.

Garbage collector
wanfp97
Fook Wan

Fook built a Garbage collector robot with a Mobile phone based Wireless controller.

The Judges loved Fook's videos as well as added a NodeMCU to serve and a mobile phone interface.

Thanks to all of those who participated in Sustain the World, we have sponsored the planting of 230 trees thanks to Team Trees!

Tags: infineon, sustain_the_world, winners

Meet the Challengers - Sustain the World Design Challenge

e14phil — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:34:12 GMT

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Sustain the World Design Challenge

Welcome to the Sustain the World Challengers Page!

The element14 Community is pleased to introduce the Sustain the World Design Challenge with Infineon.

Infineon is challenging Community members to design a solution to make their lives easier, safer, and greener. They will be utilizing this kit from Infineon: XMC4700 Relax Lite Kit, the Platform2GO XMC4200 MCU, the TL94112 Motor Controller, the DPS368 Pressure sensor, the TLV493D A1B6 MS2GO Magnetic Sensor, and a Profet+2 12 Smart Switch Shield. Members can either use the sensors provided on the XMC4700 Relax Lite Kit board, or add their own sensors and actuators to be controlled by the Arduino Compatibility and Arduino Cloud.

Project Phases	Dates
Challengers Announced	22^nd July 2020
Kits Shipped	20^th July 2020
Projects Due (10 Weeks)	7^th October 2020
Winners Announced	Early November 2020 at Electronica 2020

Please join us in congratulating the official sponsored Challengers!

We look forward to reading all of their initial blogs introducing their project designs. As challengers create more blogs over the next weeks, you can follow along with them using the links below.

akshitagupta15june
IN

The Home Super Smart

Synopsis: This project is about an eco-friendly design of residential apartment buildings with the use of home automation features. The world has already evolved into a global village where pollution, disasters, and diseases have spread to a maximum capacity. To preserve the earth and all living things from extinction, we need to start using the concept of eco-friendly or progressing towards eco-friendly solutions in our environment.

akshitagupta15june's project blogs

asokfair

Smart Farm Hoe

Synopsis: The Smart Farm Hoe has a built-in BLE module that can interface with 3D magnetic sensors, which allow users to control the motor speed via BLE/BLE MESH. It can connect to an Android app which enables Cloud access, motor running status, and power status, notifying multiple users via Whatsapp. I hope this smart hoe can help farmers and be suitable for home gardening projects using light/motor control options.

asokfair's project blogs

balachandramhegde

Smart Water Management System

Synopsis: This project focuses on accuracy readings in water pressure sensors in a storage tank. It can accurately auto-recalibrate existing level sensors to remove errors caused by drift over time by utilizing early detection of drift data and analytics. An analytics-based recalibration technique is applied by reconstructing the continuous response curve of the sensor as opposed to using a set of discrete values (offset) for recalibration. This technique would help us further increase the accuracy of readings throughout the spectrum of measurement.

balachandramhegde's project blogs

cgsolutions

Crop Circulator

Synopsis: A greenhouse dome is surrounded by an aquaponic farm in the form of fully automated crop circles that flow in-and-out of each other. Each crop circle represents a skill trade, for a vocational rehabilitation program. For example, the outer ring is a fish farm where water is pumped to the greenhouse dome to create a natural swimming pool in the center ring. The waterlines are bordered by trees for shading, cooling, and water retention. Houseboat trailers with aluminum foam filled landing craft styles are used to setup workshop and living quarters in this program.

cgsolutions's project blogs

coderdojostpaul2

R2D3

Synopsis: Inspired by the garbage-in, garbage-out philosophy of programming and dustbin on Amazon.com, enters the droid R2D3. This general manager bot is a melting pot of ideas and innovations using the three Ms in Lean Management to gather vital information from the team. The R2D3 bot has an operating system, a C2C economy and optimization, and Lean AI knowledge—a new strategy in Lean Management. Mobility is in two dimensions—take two motors and a differential drive mechanism, with a simple M4 processor, to make our minds meet in a R2D2 alloy dustbin.

coderdojostpaul2's project blogs

crisdeodates

Smart Home Energy Monitoring

Synopsis: The Smart Home with Energy and Utility Monitoring System will help ease the inspection, monitoring, and analysis of energy and utilities in our homes. Without managing sustainable sources, there can be no sustainability.

crisdeodates's project blogs

cyberwizard

Coastal Monitoring Platform

Synopsis: To protect coral reefs from an external threat, I propose a system of buoys called the "Magwayen Sentries." It allows coastal law enforcement and scientists to monitor the reefs, using computer vision to detect microplastics infestation, coral bleaching, and illegal fishing. The buoy is designed to be self-protecting from dangerous elements and sabotage from fishermen by being self-closing when the system is tampered with.

cyberwizard's project blogs

dang74

Rain Aware Water Management System

Synopsis: One way to help sustain the world is to conserve its water supply, since droughts are occurring in regions where they have never before. My idea conserves water in an automated sprinkler system that reads and monitors barometric pressure and detects conditions of on-coming rain. When rain is forecasted, the scheduled watering will be readjusted to the next cycle. A switch is used to control the valve systems in the delivery of water.

dang74's project blogs

enkrypted

Seed Machine

Synopsis: The goal of my project is to create a robot which helps in automatic planting of seeds. The project will make use of the Platform2GO XMC4200, TLE94112 for Arduino, Pressure Sensor - DPS368 and Magnetic Sensor - TLV493D A1B6 MS2GO.

enkrypted's project blogs

Smart Irrigation

Synopsis: My concept is a device that will ensure users are watering their plants adequately. It uses moisture sensors that read the soil and create data for optimal watering amount. Then users will be alerted via email. Adequate battery power for the kit components, and individual housings to protect each sensor/board will be needed. The Platform2GO is connected to sensors and the Wi-Fi module, enabling it to send data wirelessly.

faed1ng's project blogs

fyaocn

Smart Low Energy Freezer

Synopsis: The Smart Portable Freezer is used for distributing vaccines or insulin for medical purposes. The battery bank is included with the freezer to provide a power source of 12V, just enough to drive the NPN cooling pad.

fyaocn's project blogs

karthickiot

Smart Garden Plants Watering IoT System

Synopsis: In my home there are about 40 different types of flower or fruit plants that takes me about three hours to water in the summer. It is tough to manage or protect them during this season, because each plant prefers specific climate conditions. I would like to check on them and create a smart device so watering can be automated per specific plant categories.

karthickiot's project blogs

kurama007

Smart Hydroponic System - Measures Climate Change

Synopsis: Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) can cause air temperature to rise which speeds up the melting of Arctic ice. This hydroponic prototype will help users understand climate change and time scale. End-users can adjust cooling fan speed, duration of LED light, oxygen air pump in water, measure the temperature and CO₂ in the system by going through the photosynthesis process.

kurama007's project blogs

lesmalave

Home Farm Health

Synopsis: I live near the sea and polluting industries, where among the local problems is the high level of harmful gases to our health. My design is a farm health system that measures these gases in air quality, so I can take advantage of planting fruit trees near the house to provide shade and keep the house cool, thus reducing the carbon footprint from air conditioners. Also, the farm will use recycled water from a second hydroponic system to plant legumes for consumption.

lesmalave's project blogs

regrowthtech

Live Environmental Animal Feedback (LEAF)

Synopsis: The goal of this project is to create a sensor-assisted feeding and watering system for animals raised according to Agro-ecological principles. By integrating precision farming technology we enable the sustainable intensification of alternative farming systems. This tool will drastically increase farm efficiency by reducing feed waste, improving animal welfare by detecting anomaly patterns such as reduced feed consumption, increased water consumption, and evident behaviour. Increased efficiency and animal welfare quality will enable the local farmers to compete effectively with the industrial farming sector.

regrowthtech's project blogs

saganefect

Remote Guided Garden Data Logger

Synopsis: Similar to an Automated Tree Planter, but instead of planting the plant or tree it's placed inside a Garden area and takes samples for soil composition, temperature readings of the root zone and plant leaf, dedicated moisture meter, ph monitor, CO₂ Logger, and problematic warning system. This little device will help growers to track and monitor the output of their growing mediums and areas to obtain the most accurate information to achieve optimal planting conditions so they get the most out of their gardens. I am almost curious if I could install a laser guided grid system to break down the areas into quadrants or sectors for optimal data.

saganefect's project blogs

sami9974

Robotic Farmer

Synopsis: A vehicle which can precisely position itself close enough to a plant to collect sensory data including temperature, moisture, and soil nutrients. This data will be used to optimize the time to harvest fruits and send information the computer. AI will be used to analyze this data and to control the weather.

sami9974's project blogs

shirishbharde

Smart Garbage

Synopsis: Smart Garbage intends to segregate items according to which garbage/recycle bins they belong to. The solution encompasses devices procured from the developer's kit. The brain of this project will be Infineon's XMC4200. Other peripherals include motors which can be connected using the TLE94112, a DC motor control shield that fits right onto the XMC4200, DPS368 pressure sensor, moisture sensor, MQ6 gas sensor, and LEDs for indicators.

shirishbharde's project blogs

wanfp97

Smart Garbage Collection System

Synopsis: Littering is one of the major issue for many countries. Whether on purpose or not, public places often end up with a lot of rubbish. To counter this issue, I propose a garbage collector and compressor system. The Garbage Collector will move around to collect left-over rubbish then return to its base to compress the rubbish and charge its battery when the garbage collector's bin is full or when it is low in battery.

wanfp97's project blogs

wtos03

Food Waste Management

Synopsis: If we can reduce food waste from every household, it will reduce the cost of garbage management for cities. And if we can recycle food waste, it will improve the environment. This project "Food waste recycle bin" will convert wasted food into organic resources for planting trees. Users just put the waste into the crusher slot so it can be shredded into smaller pieces and the controller will open a valve to fill the tank with EM compost to dehydrate the waste. Then the controller will start a motor to mix everything together. This bin will use solar power outside the home, which makes it even suitable for remote areas or camping sites.

wtos03's project blogs

Interested in joining the Challengers? You can do it as a non-sponsored Challenger! Here's how:

Simply get the low-cost XMC4700 Relax Lite KitXMC4700 Relax Lite Kit, integrate it into your project, and post 10 blogs about your design journey in the Sustain the World space (tagging your blogs 'Sustain the World') and you'll be eligible to win the awesome prizes.

Read full terms & conditions for more details.

Good Luck Everyone!

Tags: infineon, the challengers, sustain_the_world, sustain the world, xmc4700 relax lite kit

Sustain the World Design Challenge

e14phil — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:39:23 GMT

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Sustain The World Design Challenge

Join Us in Sustaining the World with Infineon

players.brightcove.net/.../index.html

Ready? Then Apply Here

The Challenge

The element14 Community is pleased to introduce the Sustain the World Design Challenge with Infineon.

Infineon is challenging the element14 community to design the most creative solution utilizing the XMC4700 Relax Lite Kit, the Platform2GO XMC4200 MCU, the TL94112 Motor Controller, the DPS368 Pressure sensor, the TLV493D A1B6 MS2GO Magnetic Sensor, and a Profet+2 12 Smart Switch Shield, all from Infineon.

Infineon wants the element14 community to design solutions to make your life easier, safer, and greener. You can use the sensors provided on the board, or add your own sensors and actuators to be controlled by the Arduino Compatibility and Arduino Cloud.

Challengers are invited to use this kit to Sustain the World.

If applicants are successful, they can take advantage of the XMC4700 Relax Lite Kit, the Arduino Compatible XMC4200 MCU, 3D Motion, Pressure Sensor Motor control, and Smart Switch Challenge kit.

20 successful applicants will receive the Challenge Kit free of charge to build and blog their project with. For the chance to win one of the prizes below, you must blog your build process and the final outcome of your Challenge Kit Projects within the Sustain The World Challenge space.

What Can I Build?

You can build anything you want, as long as it uses the XMC4700 Relax Lite Kit and at least two other of the Infineon peripherals included in the kit.

Example applications could include:

Micro Plastics Monitoring Buoy
Remote fleet of ships which monitor pollution levels
Roadside Littering Monitor
Distributed CO2 Monitoring station
Self-compacting Trash Cans
Recycling Composition Tester
Sea Level and Levy Monitor
Automatic Tree Planter
Trash Collection Bot

The Kit Buy KitBuy Kit	The Specs
MCU KIT_XMC47_RELAX_LITE_V1 Buy NowBuy Now	XMC4700-F144 Microcontroller based on ARM® Cortex®-M4 @ 144MHz, 2MB Flash and 352KB RAM On-Board Debugger Power over USB ESD and reverse current protection 2 x user button and 2 x user LED Arduino hardware compatible 3.3V pinout
Platform2GO XMC4200 Buy NowBuy Now	Arm Cortex M4 256 kB Flash Memory 2x Shield2Go Connectors Arduino Compatible Connectors 5v Power
Motor Controller TLE94112 for Arduino Buy NowBuy Now	DC Motor Control Sheild Arduino Uno compatible 12 x Half Bridge Each can drive up to 0.9A Polarity protection
Sensors Pressure Sensor - DPS368 Buy NowBuy Now	Shield2Go Format Pressure or Temperature I2C or SPI FIFO capable of holding 21 readings
Magnetic Sensor - TLV493D A1B6 MS2GO Buy NowBuy Now	Shield2Go Format X,Y, Z Magnetic Field Linear Travel and 360 Degree Rotation Arduino Library 2Wire I2C
Smart Switch Profet+2 12v Shield for Arduino Shield Buy NowBuy Now	Arduino Uno Format 12v 12a PWM Open Load Detection Under voltage Protection

Be Rewarded on the Community

For entering and taking part in the Design Challenge competition, you'll be rewarded the following badges:

	Apply to join the Design Challenge and receive a badge and points for applying! Make sure you've thought your application through, made it original and your own work. If you are building upon someone else's work, make sure you cite your sources. Direct copies of work will not be accepted.
	Post your first blog! We expect updates on how your Design Challenge project is going, so don't hold back, tell us your thoughts, difficulties, and how you're progressing. Remember you're assessed based upon your updates, and don't be afraid - other challengers and members are there to help you with any problems you have, and it helps the staff to keep an eye on you!
	10 blogs! Wow, has it really been that long? We hope you'll keep us updated about your project at least once a week, for 10 weeks. We'll not be impressed if you only put a one-liner in there, that's what messages are for. Blogs are to make sure you're giving us all of the juicy detail, trials and tribulations of what's going on, and it keeps everyone honest!
	Even if you're not a challenger in the Design Challenge, we appreciate every member who joins in and gives a helping hand to applicants and members. If your messages are found to be helpful, we want to acknowledge that and reward you!

Need help? Comment and read the resources below:

Technical Resources:

Infineon For Makers Support Page

https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/tools/landing/infineon-for-makers/?redirId=57262#overview

XMC4200 Platform2GO

Support Page

https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/evaluation-boards/kit_xmc_plt2go_xmc4200/

User Manual

https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-XMC4200_Platform2Go-UserManual-v01_00-EN.pdf

PROFET +2 12V Arduino Shield

Data Sheet

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2876414.pdf

TLE94112ELShield

Data Sheet

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2256917.pdf

DPS368 Pressure Shield

Data Sheet

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2818769.pdf

3D Sense Shield2Go

Data Sheet

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2611872.pdf

The Dates

Project Phases	Dates
Applications Open	1st May 2020
Applications Close (1 Month)	25th May 2020
Challengers Announced	22nd July 2020
Projects Due	7th October 202
Winners Announced	Electronica 2020
Prizes Shipped	Early November 2020

The Prizes

Prize	Prize Category
	Grand Prizes $500 USD Donated to the Environmental Charity of your Choice 100 Trees Planted in your Name Envirocycle Home Composter Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden Reusable Metal Straw and Cutlery Set
	Runner up $250 USD Donated to the Environmental Charity of your Choice 100 Trees Planted in your Name Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden Reusable Metal Straw and Cutlery Set
	Finisher Prize For anyone who completes 10 Blogs and a project with the featured product. Solar USB Charger Battery Bank 10 Trees Planted Per Finisher

Prize

Prize Category

Grand Prizes

$500 USD Donated to the Environmental Charity of your Choice
100 Trees Planted in your Name
Envirocycle Home Composter
Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden
Reusable Metal Straw and Cutlery Set

Runner up

$250 USD Donated to the Environmental Charity of your Choice
100 Trees Planted in your Name

Click and Grow Home Smart IoT Garden
Reusable Metal Straw and Cutlery Set

Finisher Prize

For anyone who completes 10 Blogs and a project with the featured product.

Solar USB Charger Battery Bank
10 Trees Planted Per Finisher

*Or local equivalent

The Judges

Infineon Technical Judge Team
element14 Community Judges element14 Community Team

The Terms

Selected official applicants will be chosen to receive the "Kit" listed above. These successful applicants will be our sponsored challengers, and they must use at least 3 of the items of kit provided within their project. Those not chosen as sponsored challengers may also join the competition, but they must base their projects around the kit listed above and adhere to all terms and conditions of the challenge.

They need to post their progress and final project as at least 10 blog posts before the closing date. Posts which 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 Kit 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.

Attachments:

community.element14.com/.../Sustain-the-World-Terms-and-Conditions-70220.pdf

Sustain the World Terms and Conditions 70220.pdf

Tags: infineon, sustain_the_world, sustain the world

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Projects Due - Monday 26th October 2020

Infineon - Technical Support Thread

Documents

Sustain The World - Winners Announcement

Kit used

Prizes

Winners of the Sustain The World Design Challenge with Infineon

Grand Prize

Read All asokfair Blogs HereRunner Up

Read All of Satoshi's Blogs Here

Finishers

Meet the Challengers - Sustain the World Design Challenge

Sustain the World Design Challenge

Read All asokfair Blogs Here

Runner Up