Actions
Engagement
  • Author Author: jwatson
  • Date Created: Date Created
  • Last Updated Last Updated:
  • Views 3898 views
  • Likes 13 likes
  • Comments 35 comments
Related
Recommended

Upcycle it Design Challenge: The Kit

image
Upcycle it Design Challenge
About this ChallengeThe KitThe PrizesIntro VideoWhat is Upcycling Video
Unboxing VideoThe JudgesExample ApplicationTerms and ConditionsThe Challengers

 

The 15 official Challengers for the "Upcycle it" Design Challenge will receive for FREE the following kit from our sponsor, IntelRegistered. (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 IntelRegistered 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.

 

The Kit Buy Kit*Buy Kit*

IntelRegistered Edison for Arduino

The IntelRegistered 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).

image
Buy NowBuy Now

IntelRegistered Edison Breakout Board

Slightly larger than the IntelRegistered Edison module itself, the IntelRegistered Edison Breakout Board (also called the "mini" breakout board) is designed to expose the native 1.8 V I/O of the IntelRegistered 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.

image
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.

image
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.

image
Buy NowBuy NowBuy Now

*Available in North America, UK & Ireland

Triad Magnetics WSX120-2000WSX120-2000 AC/DC Power Supply

To power the IntelRegistered 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.

image
Buy NowBuy Now

Molex Cable Assembly

To connect the IntelRegistered Edison for Arduino or Breakout Boards to your computer, the kit includes a USB-A to Micro USB-B 2-meter long cable assembly

image
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').

Parents

  • 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.

  • 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?    

  • 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

Comment Children
No Data