Upcycle it Design Challenge: The Kit

Upcycle it Design Challenge
About this Challenge	The Kit	The Prizes	Intro Video	What is Upcycling Video
Unboxing Video	The Judges	Example Application	Terms and Conditions	The Challengers

The 15 official Challengers for the "Upcycle it" Design Challenge will receive for FREE the following kit from our sponsor, Intel. (The kit is worth about $260.)

The lucky 15 will then embark on building an inspiring and inventive project that will upcycle an obsolete item, computer, or appliance that they would otherwise have discarded, and make it into something useful, with greater functionality and value. (NOTE: Even if you aren't an official Challenger, you can still participate in the challenge as long as you comply with the main terms and conditions and integrate the Intel Edison in your design.)

For the official Challengers, if you complete your project by the deadline and write at least 10 blog posts, you’ll also be in the running for some awesome prizes, including a Keithley DMM7510 Digital MultimeterKeithley DMM7510 Digital Multimeter worth almost $4,000.

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Intel Edison for Arduino The Intel Edison Board for Arduino is a development platform that allows for rapid prototyping of “Internet of Things” (IoT) and wearable computing products. It supports Arduino Sketches, Linux, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. The board is compatible with Arduino Uno's I/O except it that it has 4 PWM instead of 6 PWM. Its 20 digital input/output pins include 4 pins as PWM outputs. It also has 6 analog inputs, one UART (Rx/Tx), one I²C, an ICSP 6-pin header (SPI), a Micro USB device connector, a dedicated standard size USB host Type-A connector, a Micro USB device, an SD card connector and a DC power jack (7 to 15 VDC input).	Buy NowBuy Now
Intel Edison Breakout Board Slightly larger than the Intel Edison module itself, the Intel Edison Breakout Board (also called the "mini" breakout board) is designed to expose the native 1.8 V I/O of the Intel Edison module. The board consists of a power supply, battery charger, USB OTG power switch, UART to USB bridge, USB OTG port, and an I/O header. It has a 0.1 inch grid I/O array of through-hole solder points. The DC power supply jack accepts a 7 to 15 VDC input.	Buy NowBuy Now
Arduino Protoshield R3 The Arduino Protoshield R3 makes it easy to design custom circuits for the Upcycle it Design Challenge. You can solder parts to the prototyping area, or use it with a small solderless breadboard to quickly test circuit ideas. Features include: Arduino 1.0 pin outs, a large 0.1inch prototyping area, Reset button, 14-pin SMD footprint (50mils pitch), 20-pin through hole footprint (100mils pitch), SPI header, and easy-to-solder ground/5V rails.	Buy NowBuy Now
Seeed Studio Grove Start Kit for Arduino Seeed Studio's Grove Starter Kit is a handy collection of components for rapid prototyping, based on the Arduino-compatible, Grove plugable-component system. Besides the base shield, the kit includes a rotary angle sensor, RGB Backlight LCD, sound sensor, button, light sensor, touch sensor, temperature sensor, LEDs, relay, buzzer, servo, and more.	Buy NowBuy NowBuy Now *Available in North America, UK & Ireland
Triad Magnetics WSX120-2000WSX120-2000 AC/DC Power Supply To power the Intel Edison from an external source, the Upcycle it kit includes theTriad Magnetics WSX120-2000WSX120-2000 AC/DC Power Supply, which accepts a 90 to 264VAC input and outputs 12 VDC at 2A. It has a changeable head so it can be used anywhere in the world.	Buy NowBuy Now
Molex Cable Assembly To connect the Intel Edison for Arduino or Breakout Boards to your computer, the kit includes a USB-A to Micro USB-B 2-meter long cable assembly	Buy NowBuy Now

Join in this Challenge and challenge the challengers at any time to be in with a chance to win the prizes. Just blog in the Upcycle it space (tagging your blogs with 'upcycle it').

Top Comments

COMPACT over 8 years ago in reply to fvan

An interesting article about it.
Intel just shut down its wearables division; here’s why - Electronic Products
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fvan over 8 years ago in reply to fvan

Even more Intel EOL:

End-of-life for Curie and Arduino101 https://communities.intel.com/thread/116434
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mcb1 over 8 years ago in reply to Workshopshed

I've never been a fan of it's shape
I couldn't understand the funny pin arrangement either.

Regardless of the shape and oddities, you have to admit it has been a game changer in the micro industry.
Every new player understands that there are so many already available interfaces that their hand is forced and they need to make allowances for it.

Unfortunately the double row boards (Freescales FRDM range) had the capability but never supported a development board to kick start using both rows.
Any that are available are so pricey it's not even worth contemplating.

Mark
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Workshopshed over 8 years ago in reply to mcb1

Good point, in my case the reason for using the analogue was because I ran out of digital pins. I do like the Arduino's flexibility for prototyping but I've never been a fan of it's shape.
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nandohila over 8 years ago in reply to nandohila

Actually, for my specific project, I would rather adapt to run it in an Arduino! Anyway, however willing to sponsor we make it happen lol
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nandohila over 8 years ago in reply to konstantinoskonstas

It is a shame but let's agree on that knowledge is never wasted. I am sure we all had to use our brains to overcome the lack of Edison information available. We might not use the specific knowledge about Edison in the future but our brains will be stronger.

How about having another challenge adapting our projects to be controlled by a RPi3?
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mcb1 over 8 years ago in reply to Workshopshed

it has a better form factor than the Arduino one
It does as far as Digital I/O but has no analogue ...
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Workshopshed over 8 years ago

I suppose that's the difference between maker boards and commercial ones. You get information on the lifetime of a product so it is possible to plan 5 or so years with a component.
There were some complexities with the Edison but I got to the end of the challenge without falling out of love with it. So I suspect the Edison will stay as the car's brain until my daughter grows out of it.
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konstantinoskonstas over 8 years ago

With due respect to the people that we have been communicating over the last months. I find it hard to express my feelings.
The least I can say is that after the so many efforts to overcome the difficulties of making the Edison work with my project and having also seen the efforts of the other Challengers, is that I feel disappointed. Especially since I had started to work on Version MKII of my project, which now I have to seriously reconsider. Most likely I will use another platform and my first candidate would be an RPi3.
If you look at the statistics and the sales figures for RPi2 that exceeded the 8 million units, I really think that RPi3 will also be better supported than Edison, the sales results of which must have driven the company to withdraw 3 products from production. I could easily understand the situation for Galileo, but the other products could stand a better future.

I do agree with Mark's views and certainly share the same opinion about the fact that such an issue should have known internally for some time and I wish that support from Intel's side, even for an end life product would be more active.
Goodbye Mr. Edison, you will soon be Upcycled, life can be like that.
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Workshopshed over 8 years ago in reply to mcb1

I have a DfRobot board on order as it has a better form factor than the Arduino one
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