This index provides a quick summary of a selection of design contests and training projects focusing on specific electronic components and FPGA/SoCs. Each program has resulted in a rich collection of deep dive content that would appeal to an electronic or embedded engineer.
Click on the links below to see our various training projects and contests.
Experimenting with Vibration Sensors | Experimenting with Inductors | Experimenting with Polymer Capacitors | Path to Programmable | Path II Programmable
Experimenting with Vibration Sensors
Sponsored by Kemet
A hands-on competitons that allows you to experiement, test, monitor, or play around with vibration sensors.
Winner: dougw's Stirling Engine and Vibration Sensor. Summary
Experimenting with Inductors
Sponsored by Kemet
A hands-on competition that allows you to experiment, test, breadboard, or just play around with inductors.
Winner: Gene Breniman's Effects of Inductors on a Boost Regulator Circuit. Summary
Experimenting with Polymer Capacitors
Sponsored by Panasonic
A hands-on competition that allows you to experiment, test, breadboard, or just play around with Polymer Capacitors.
Winner: Frank Milburn's Deep Dive into ESR. Summary
Path to Programmable
Sponsored by Xilinx and Avnet
An FPGA/SoC training program, featuring the Avnet MiniZed
development board.
Graduate Projects: Summary
Path II Programmable
Sponsored by Xilinx and Avnet
Follow the journey of element14 hardware and software engineers as they learn to develop with the Ultra96-v2.
Graduate Projects: Summary