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About the Challenge | 500th Episode | What's in THE BOX | Contestants | The Prizes | element14 Vault Giveaway| Terms & Conditions | See Brainstorming Call | Member Challenge Winners | Episode 504

 

 

We have been building projects, tearing down hardware, and educating viewers on electronics, components, protocols and products for over ten years! And soon we will be releasing our 500th episode!

 

As a special way to mark the occasion we're inviting you to help Build Inside THE BOX and support STEM Education for the 500th episode. Read below on how you can get involved, and what it is about:

 

What is Build Inside the Box?

If you've heard of the television show 'Chopped' then you will be familiar with the idea - contestants must create a palatable dish using all of the ingredients that they are given.

For our 500th episode and to support STEM education, we have chosen three of our hosts to Build Inside the Box - competing against each other to create... something, anything! But they must use absolutely everything (that you help to decide on) they are given in THE BOX.

The projects they create will become our 500th episode of element14 presents - and bonus content of their builds will be available exclusively here on the element14 Community.

Each contestant will be competing for electronics hardware prizes and a shopping cart that will be awarded to a local STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) organisation that each has selected.

 

Register for Twitch Stream to see which VCP won

Our Wonderful Contestants and Who They're Playing For

 

Clem

Clem is taking up the challenge on behalf of Georg Schibranji. George is a teacher who gets his students into electronics with his initiative called ‘Fabrik8’, created in 2016 it aims to give the best possible 3D Printing education and support of enthusiasm for electronics in pupils of all ages to aid with requirements for getting work in the industry, George is also the founder of a Makerspace!

Katie

 

Katie’s taking up the challenge on behalf of TEC Girls, a group of women and men in Cornwall, United Kingdom, who’re changing the lack of women in technology, engineering and the creative areas to encourage participation at college, secondary and primary school levels with the aim to encourage engagement as early as possible to help young girls realize that technology is open to all.

James

If James wins, the beneficiary will be DePaul University's $1,000 makerspace program which pairs underserved high schools in Chicago and the metropolitan area with the tools, training, and curriculum for teachers to integrate maker-centered learning into the classroom. The winning bundle will be distributed in conjunction with curriculum for teacher to use in covering the basics for students to learn 3D printing, CNC routing, electronics, programming, and development for the Internet of Things.

Grand Prize (1 STEM Education Winner)

1x Multicomp Pro Digital OscilloscopeMulticomp Pro Digital Oscilloscope

1x Multicomp Pro / Tenma Bench Power SupplyMulticomp Pro / Tenma Bench Power Supply

5x Multicomp Pro Digital Multimeter with BluetoothMulticomp Pro Digital Multimeter with Bluetooth

2x Multicomp Pro 80W Soldering Station 120v/240v 450-480degCMulticomp Pro 80W Soldering Station 120v/240v 450-480degC

PLUS a $750 USD Shopping Cart

 

Runner-Up Prize (2 STEM Education Winners)

1x Multicomp Pro / Tenma Bench Power SupplyMulticomp Pro / Tenma Bench Power Supply

2x Multicomp Pro Digital Multimeter with BluetoothMulticomp Pro Digital Multimeter with Bluetooth

1x Multicomp Pro 80W Soldering Station 120v/240v 450-480degCMulticomp Pro 80W Soldering Station 120v/240v 450-480degC

PLUS a $500 USD Shopping Cart

 

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo over 1 year ago +11

    Well cstanton, you read my mind with the 555.  Every crazy project needs one.

    The weird ingredient I thought of is a photo interrupter (https://www.newark.com/vishay/tcst1103/optical-sensor-transmissive…

  • dougw
    dougw over 1 year ago +9

    As indicated by Sean (colporteur ), I would like to see a complete interactive sensory experience - visual (LEDs), audio (speaker & mic), tactile (switches pots & knobs), motion (motor or servo), sensors…

  • ntewinkel
    ntewinkel over 1 year ago +9

    The box will also need that "weird ingredient"... best I can think of right now is a little old analogue gauge?

  • mayermakes
    mayermakes over 1 year ago in reply to easyejl

    me to...

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  • easyejl
    easyejl over 1 year ago

    I'm itching to see what sort of crazy thing Clem has made

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  • fiftystatebanana
    fiftystatebanana over 1 year ago in reply to cstanton

    Fermi lab has a new video series on neutrino research called Even Bananas. It’s good. I’ve heard of the term multiverse thrown around in theoretical physics, but I lean towards the idea of local ‘bunchaverses’ that conform to the idea of string theory and D-Branes, natch. I have a hard time wrapping my head around branes, though. Please advise.

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  • harjinagi
    harjinagi over 1 year ago

    Can we use gps module inside the box??

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 1 year ago in reply to fiftystatebanana

    That's bananas.

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  • fiftystatebanana
    fiftystatebanana over 1 year ago

    The project just involves a banana. Seriously, surprise me with components. That is quite general, so give me a surprise. Something to do with a banana. Cut it, drive it, throw it, draw it, try to power a clock with it, anything. Frozen, fresh, dehydrated? I will decide quickly based on any control, sensor, display or whatever else you send me. I don't want to know what I need to use in advance. Just give me something appealing, and I'll banana the &^$@! out of it.

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  • hifromkatie
    hifromkatie over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Tbh that's where the inspiration came from, we have that samsung fridge, but without the screen, because that made it v.expensive. So then started considering if it would be possible to add the technology in a cheaper and more open way.

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  • moi8765
    moi8765 over 1 year ago

    My box would be -

    - An ESP32 development board as it gives access to Wifi and BT connectivity at a reasonable price

    - An I2C keypad for data input of all sorts, and a microphone module for voice input

    - A generic 1.4" OLED display with SPI/I2C interface for displaing information and easy debugging,an RGB LED for visual signals, a piezoelectric buzzer and a speaker module for audio output that would allow exploring various modules in the microcontroller

    - IR distance sensor module, PIR motion sensor module, DHT11 temperqture and humidity sensor.

    - For electromechanical parts, 2 100RPM geared DC motors, a TowerPro SG90 mini servo motor and castor wheel

    - For a power supply, I suggest a 1100mAh Li-ion battery with a barrel jack connector

    - For assembly, I would put in a 10x10 piece of mountboard, a 5x5 sq cm perf board, some 1k resistors, 2 1uF capacitors

     

    ...and we are done

     

    Best,

    Moinak

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to hifromkatie

    It was supposed to be the way that kitchen appliances were heading around the time the infamous IoT smart fridge was announced.

     

    It looks like Samsung have done some work in this area: 

    https://www.samsung.com/uk/refrigerators/family-hub-fridge-freezers/

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 1 year ago in reply to hifromkatie

    A member of the Community dev' team had a similar requirement, where they have a calendar also on the fridge, or wall, but they needed it digitised, so considered some mix of camera + projector capture so when it was drawn on it also updated a digital google calendar or similar, so the information was present in two places.

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