Microchip AVR-IoT WG Dev Board

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About

The AVR-IOT WG board implements a wireless (WiFi) IoT sensor node using a small and inexpensive AVR microcontroller of the latest generation.

 

  • The ATmega4808 provides an easy migration path for existing AVR microcontroller applications by providing 48KB of Flash and 6K of RAM with a rich complement of analog and digital peripherals including Core Independent (Event System) functionality.
  • The ATECC608A Secure Elements provides secure key generation/storage and offloads all cryptography tasks enabling the highest level of security available to modern IoT applications. The secure element is pre-provisioned for immediate (out of the box) authentication with the Google IoT Core Cloud services.
  • The WINC1510 Network Controller provides wireless connectivity and offloads all networking tasks from the main processor providing a secure socket connection and server authentication.
  • The MCP9808 Temperature sensor, a third party lighting sensor, Battery Charger MCP73871, Power Regulator MIC33350, nEDBG Debugger.

 

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Note: this product does not come with pin headers. You will need to obtain the headers and solder them on.

Important Dates

Enrollment Begin: Nov 19 1018

Enrollment Ends: Dec 21 2018

RoadTesters Selected: Dec 26 2018

Product Shipped: Jan 4 2019

RoadTesting Begins: Jan 11 2019

Reminder/Update Email:  Feb 11 2019*

Submit Reviews By: Mar 11 2019*

*The element14 RoadTest Staff will send this reminder/update email.

**If a RoadTester is unable to meet the deadline, please notify the RoadTest Program Lead, , as soon as possible before the deadline.

RoadTesters

Terms and Conditions

RoadTest

Terms and Conditions

These are the terms and conditions which govern theMicrochip AVR-IoT WG Dev Board RoadTest contest. This Contest requires participants to submit an application indicating their previous experience with this type of equipment/component, information on what they would do to test the equipment/component, and the applicant’s desire to post a thorough review of their experience with images, photos, or other supplemental materials. Participants will be required to meet the Conditions for Participation.  The winners of this RoadTest will receive the item(s) listed below. RoadTest Reviews are due no later than 60 days after the receipt of the item(s). No other prizes are offered.

The Principal terms of the Competition:

The following words and phrases are used in these terms and conditions and have the meanings given to them below.

(RoadTest or Contest)

Key dates:

Applications Close: midnight (GMT) on Dec 21 2018

Announcement of Winner (estimated): Dec 26 2018

Prize:Microchip AVR-IoT WG Dev Board

Additional Prizes: none

Competition Site: https://www.element14.com/community/groups/roadtest?ICID=menubar_resources_roadtest

Site or element14 Community: www.element14.com/community

Judges: members of the element14 community team chosen at the Organiser’s discretion.

Judging Criteria, All of the following which will have equal weighting:

· Demonstrated competence with the technologies including links or descriptions of past projects

· Qualifications as indicated by current job role and/or schooling/vocational training;

· A thorough description of how the prize would be tested;

· Likelihood that the Applicant will blog about the prize and provide a review on element14.com;

· Originality;

· Innovation.

Organiser: Premier Farnell plc (registered in England and Wales under company number 876412) whose registered office is at Farnell House, Forge Lane, Leeds, UK

Conditions for Qualification: in addition to meeting the requirements of these terms, all persons applying to take part in the Contest (each one an Applicant) must:

· Provide a RoadTest application describing what he/she would do if awarded the Prize including similar previous projects, product experience and qualifications

Terms: these terms and conditions which govern the Competition and to which the Organiser reserves the right to make changes from time to time and the latest version of these Terms from time to time will be posted to the Site.

  1. Eligibility
  2. Applications:
  3. Selecting Winners:
  4. Liability:
  5. General:

1.1 Save as set out in these Terms, the Contest is open to any natural or legal person, firm or company or group of natural persons or unincorporated body.

1.2 All Applicants must be aged at least 18 at the time of their application.

1.3 Applicants must not enter the RoadTest if doing so or taking part may:

1.3.1 cause the Organiser and/or themselves to be in breach of any agreement (including but not limited to any contract of employment) to which they are a party or in breach of any law, regulation or rule having the force of law to which the Organiser or the Applicant may be subject or any policy of the Organiser or the Sponsor;

1.3.2 Require the Organiser to obtain any licence, authorisation or permission to deal with the Applicant; or

1.3.3 Be in breach of any policy or practice of their employer. Some employers prohibit or restrict their employees from taking part in competitions such as these or receiving prizes under them and the Organiser respects those policies and practices.

The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any Application made in breach of these Terms and to reject any Application which it reasonably believes may be or become in breach. The Organiser reserves the right to require evidence in such form as the Organiser may reasonably require of any Applicant’s compliance with any of these Terms and to disqualify any Applicant or Participant who cannot provide such evidence reasonably promptly.

1.4 Multiple applications are not permitted.

1.5 Applications may not be submitted by an agent whether acting on behalf of an undisclosed principal or otherwise.

1.6 The Contest is NOT open to:

1.6.1 Any person or entity who is a resident or national of any country which is subject to sanctions, embargoes or national trade restrictions of the United States of America, the European Union or the United Kingdom;

1.6.2 Any employee, director, member, shareholder (as appropriate) or any of their direct families (parents, siblings, spouse, partner, children) (“Direct Families”) of the Organiser and Sponsors; or

2.1 Each Applicant must fully complete and submit a RoadTest Application by the Application Close.

2.2 By submitting a Registration Form, each Applicant:

2.2.1 Authorises the Organiser to use his or her personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) for the purposes of running and promoting the RoadTest;

2.2.2 Authorises the Organizer to copy, reproduce and publish their application should they be accepted as a Participant;

2.2.3 Will be deemed to have read, accepted and agree to be bound by these Terms. Applicants are advised to print and keep safe these Terms;

2.2.4 Authorises the Organiser to copy, reproduce and use the Application and/or Review for the purposes of the RoadTest and as otherwise contemplated by these Terms. The Organiser will not be responsible for any inaccuracy, error or omission contained in any reproduction or use of the Project Blogs.

2.2.5 Licenses the Organiser to use the intellectual property in the Project (IP) for the purposes of this Contest. As between the Applicant and the Organiser the IP remains owned by the Applicant.

2.2.6 Grants the Organiser the right to use his or her likeness, photographs, logos, trademarks, audio or video recordings without restriction for the purposes of Contest or the promotion of it or the Site;

2.2.7 Agrees to participate positively in all publicity surrounding the Contest;

2.2.8 Agrees to be responsible for all expenses and costs incurred by him or her in preparing for, entering and participating in the Contest (save for any expenses expressly agreed by the Organiser to be borne by it in these Terms);

2.2.9 Confirms that he or she owns all IP used in his or her application or Project or Blogs and indemnifies the Organiser from any claim by a third party that use of any material provided by an Applicant to the Organiser infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party;

2.2.10 Agrees not to act in any way or fail to act in any way or be associated with any cause or group which would have a negative impact on the reputation of the Organiser and/or the RoadTest.

2.3 All applications submitted to this RoadTest must meet the following criteria:

2.3.1 Applicants must be the author, creator and owner of the proposed review idea. Applicants must not submit someone else’s idea;

2.3.2 The proposed application must be reasonably achievable by the within the time constraints of the Contest;

2.3.3 Applications must not include or propose any of the following, the inclusion of which shall render any proposed application ineligible:

(a) Applications which relate to socially taboo topics, such as illicit drug use or sexual gratification;

(b) Applications that are or could reasonably be considered to be illegal, immoral, discriminatory or offensive as determined by the Organiser;

(c) Applications in relation to them which if accepted would infringe or breach any of the policies or terms of access or use of the Site.

2.4 No Application may contain any of the hazardous substances identified by Article 4 of Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament on the Restrictions on the Use of Substances in Electronic and Electrical Equipment ("the Directive") or the use of such hazardous substances in the in any such Project must not exceed the maximum concentration values set out in the Directive.

3.1 Winners will be selected by the Organiser on the basis of the quality of his or her application and its adherence to these Terms.

3.2 The total number of Winners selected will be at least the minimum number set out above but the actual number is at the sole discretion of the Organizer and/or the Sponsor, if applicable.

3.3 The Organiser will use all reasonable efforts to announce the Winners via an update to the RoadTest page by the date listed above.

3.4 Winners agree to take part in all publicity which the Organiser or the Sponsor wishes to use to promote the RoadTest, the Products featured or other Contests with which the Organiser may be connected from time to time.

3.5 Details of the Winners may also be published in the media.

3.6 Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes, duties or other charges payable in relation to any prize.

3.7

4.1 The Organiser hereby excludes all and any Liability arising out of the Contest or the acceptance, use, quality, condition, suitability or performance of any Prize, even where that Liability may arise from the Organiser’s negligence.

4.2 Nothing in these Terms will affect any Liability of the Organiser for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, for breach of Part II of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (in the event that any entrant is entitled to claim rights under the Consumer Protection Act 1987) or for any matter in relation to which it would be illegal for the Organiser to exclude or to attempt to exclude its Liability.

4.3 Subject to 4.2, neither the Organiser, any parent company nor any subsidiary of the Organiser or such parent company or any of their directors, officers and employees (together referred to in these terms and the ‘Associates’) makes any guarantee, warranty or representation of any kind, express or implied, with respect to this Competition or the Prizes potentially available under it. Neither the Organiser nor any of its Associates shall be responsible for any Liability that may arise out of or in connection with person’s participation in this Competition, the claiming, redemption or value of any prizes under it, the use or enjoyment of such prizes or any events or circumstances arising out of or in connection with any of them. Any implied warranties of condition, merchantability or suitability or fitness for purpose of any of them are hereby expressly excluded. Wherever used in these Terms, ‘Liability’ shall mean any and all costs, expenses, claims, damages, actions, proceedings, demands, losses and other liabilities (including legal fees and costs on a full indemnity basis) arising directly or indirectly out of or in connection with the matter concerned.

5.1 The RoadTest is organised and sponsored by the Organiser. The Organiser reserves the right to delegate all or any of its powers, rights and obligations arising in relation to the RoadTest to any Associate and certain such rights and powers are assumed by the Organiser on behalf of itself and each Associate. Reference to “Organiser” shall be deemed to include reference to each Associate.

5.2 The RoadTest may be terminated at any time if there are, in the sole opinion of the Organiser, an insufficient number of entries, or if the Applications are not of an appropriate standard for a competition of this nature. The Organiser has the right to cancel or suspend the RoadTest at any time due to circumstances outside its reasonable control.

5.3 The Organiser shall have the sole discretion to disqualify (without correspondence or right of appeal) any Applicant it considers to be adversely affecting the process or the operation of the RoadTest or to be in breach of these Terms or to be acting in a disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Applicant or Participant.

5.4 The Organiser has the right to amend or add to these Terms from time to time. Revised Terms and Conditions will be posted on the Contest Site and it is a condition of entry to the RoadTest that Applicants agree to comply with these Terms and, if appropriate, such Terms as amended from time to time.

5.5 Headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation or construction of these Terms and Conditions.

5.6 These Terms and the operation of the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any claim or matter arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Comment List
Anonymous
  • Selection Update

     

    I went through the 31 applications. I found 13 that gave me an indication that they understood the product and had a plan for it.

     

    One of the things that has come up with is timing. Some people don't have a clear idea what they want to do until they do it. So, having a plan helps them complete their testing within the alotted time period. How long are plans? It depends. Some people need 1000 words. But  other people can convince me in 100 words.

     

    If you say your testing plan is (a) a secret, (b) I don't know until I get the product, or (c) a generic read documentation-gather-data-and-analyze-results, I will probably think you don't understand the product or you have a "canned" application, which I can spot like a hawk. Be honest, sincere and thoughtful about what you wanted to do with it and you will get on my short list.

     

    Randall Scasny

    RoadTest Program Manager

  • Selection update

     

    In the first cut, I removed the incomplete applications as well as those who only gave one name. I need a first and last name to find you in our member list.

     

    In the second cut, I read through all the applications again. I am looking for a testing procedure that sounds at the very least logical and gives me the impression the applicant understands the product and has bothered to read the documentation.

     

    After going through them again, I am done to 31 applicants.

     

    The final cut will bring them down to 8 who will get an email to verify (a) I can easily communicate with you and (b) you are available to complete testing and review writing on element14 within 60 days of receipt of the product.

     

    Randall Scasny

    RoadTest Program Manager

  • If I was applying, I wouldn't expect this submission to make it through the first cut, much less the final selection. I think the (b) answer is okay, but when answering the questions you should strive to make each answer stand out and be better than the other answers that it is competing against, so a little more material would be better because most answers to this question will have at least this much material.

    The answer to (c) is adequate to describe why, but again it will not stand out as it is pretty much an obvious statement that all applicants will share. If you want it to be better than the rest it needs more detail.

    The answer to (d) implies the application is something that cannot be disclosed in a blog which defeats the purpose of the road test, so as it stands it would disqualify the application. It would need a pretty fancy explanation of how the road test blog would be good without disclosing the test procedure.

    The answer to (e) shows the applicant doesn't seem to understand the question. Even if the member is brand new, given the application period, there is lots of time to start participating and explain this circumstance before the submission is due.

    The answer to (f) may be true, but is not going to inspire confidence and most definitely won't to stack up well against more complete answers.

    In short, there isn't a single answer that would stand, out so submitting an application like this really ensures a vanishingly low probability of success.

    If you want to win, this is not the best way...

  • I received this application. Read it first then I'll comment:

     

    (b) What is your background?

    BE / EEE graduate and DIY enthusiastic

    (c) Why you are applying for this roadtest?

    To test and apply the Dev board to iiot

    (d) What is your testing procedure?

    Can't disclose it

    (e) Give some examples of your element14 community participation.

    None

    (f) Please verify that you can complete the testing and review writing on element14 within 60 days from the receipt of the product.

    Yup

    If you are still unsure of what to write about in a RoadTest application, then click here: Webinar Recording: How To Write a Winning RoadTest Application in order to get some ideas.

     

    I have 90 eligible applicants now, and 8 kits to award. That's a good amount of competition. So, look at the above answers. It's good to know the applicant's educational background. I think he knows enough to work with this board. But so do many others. Why he is applying though brief does get to the point. But his answer only creates more questions in my mind: IIoT is a big field so what do you mean by IIoT? Have you done any work in IIoT already? Why can't you disclose your testing procedure? Is is top secret?

     

    The question is this: is this a compelling application?  Could the applicant have improved it? Does this applicant merit being chosen as one of the top 8 that get the board?

     

    Randall Scasny

    RoadTest Program Manager

     

  • I'm going through the applications right now. I had to eliminate 20 because they were incomplete. I had to eliminate one because the applicant did not provide a first and last name and I can't find him/her on the community.

     

    Randall Scasny

    RoadTest Program Manager

  • I test sam21 example, it isn't fully compatible. But whith avr-iot node example in wifi/winc/driver/*.h files ,there are some examples to use c fonctions and it's very similar to sam21 examples and api doc.

    So avr-iot node example is a good base to create a new project , juste remove unused part and ad new.

    I also test to create a new project from atmel start or mcc , but the main file is  more umpty than example.

  • Is MCP73871 embeded on board capable of solar charching?

  • avr iot sensor node example code from atmel-start, compil succesfully whith mpalx 5.10 and avr 5.4.0 toolchain!

    So no need to use atmel studio for microchip pic lovers image.

    Juste remember select mplabx before export project in atmel-start export page.