Intel® Embedded Systems Competition 2015
The Intel® Embedded Systems Competition 2015 was a competition open to undergraduate and graduate students, providing the opportunity to develop intelligent and innovative Systems and contribute to the evolution of this segment of Computing in Brazil.
The selected teams received an Altera DE2i-150 development board or an Intel® Galileo Gen 2 Board for the project preparation. Those who were competing on the previous year's Intel® Embedded Systems Competition and opted again for the Altera DE2i-150 could continue the project or start a new one.
Those who started a new project with the DE2i-150 were competing with ongoing projects from the year before.
During development, each team had to produce two reports: one “draft” that had to be delivered early and another “final” closer to the end of the project's development. Afterwards, the project had to be presented at SBESC, which was held between November 03-06.
Competition results
Intel Embedded Competition 2015 results
Presentation schedule
Programacao - Apresentacoes -site.pdf
Competition Regulation
Schedule
Submissions: Were open until April 15 23:55 BRT
We've had 149 submissions!
Results: Aprovados Competição 2015
Deliver boards to students: Until May 20
First Project Reports Delivery: September 20
Approved projects for presenting to the judges during the event:
projects approved Intel Competition.pdf
Final Project Reports Delivery: October 30
SBESC Event: November 03-06
Submissions
Proposal specifications were to be done according to the proposal model available here.
Final report examples and templates
Microsoft Word:
- Final Report Example - 2015.docx
LaTeX:
- Example output PDF
- Document class with example sources ZIP (v1.00)
Useful Links
For the Galileo:
- Galileo schematic: Link
- Galileo downloads: Link
- Galileo pin mapping, advanced details and interrupt modes: Link
For the DE2i-150:
- DE2i-150 downloads: Link
* System manual with hardware details included in "Documents" section.
- “Hello PCIex” – Communication between the CPU and FPGA via PCI Express: Link
- FreeRangeFactory.org – Open source books, tutorials and IP cores: Link
* The Free Range VHDL book translated to pt-BR by Prof. J.I. Serafini & students: Link
Other links:
- Yocto Project – Default Linux distro’s build system: Link
Webinars
Theme: About the schedule and boards
Happened in August 12 9:00 AM BRT and August 14 4:00 PM BRT
Webinar is available here
Requirements
- Groups of up to 3 students
- All groups had to have a mentor who was a professor at the educational institution in which participating students were enrolled
Teams had to submit an Embedded System contained in at least one of the following areas:
Category 1: Altera DE2i-150 development board
- Real Time Programming
- Security and Secure Applications
- System-on-a-chip (SOC) interfaces
- Power Aware Applications
- Multi-Core/Multi-Threading
- Networking Applications
- Graphics and Video applications
- Embedded Software Development
Category 2: Intel® Galileo Board Gen 2
IoT applications in the following areas:
- Smart cars/homes/grids/cities
- Health
- Industrial automation
- Wearables (Inspiration: makeit.intel.com)
- Security
- Retail
- Accessibility
With focus on:
- Processes simplification
- Costs reduction
- Real-time analyzes
- Remote monitoring
Selection Criteria
Originality: 20% - Presentation of an innovative concept
Implementation: 20% - The project must be adequate to the resources available
Description and objectives: 20% - The project has to be described clearly and objectively
Applicability: 30% - Filing a solution to a problem or need in our society
Adherence to themes: 10% - The theme of the project must be contained in one of the proposed topics
Evaluation Commission
- To be announced
Awards
Category 1: Altera DE2i-150
First Place: A trip to the US to visit the Development Labs at Intel® Corporation
Second Place: A Tablet with Intel® technology for each member (professor included)
Third Place: 1 (one) Galileo Gen 2 board for each student and 10 (ten) to the university where the students are subscribed.
Category 2: Intel® Galileo Board Gen 2
First Place: A trip to the US to visit the Development Labs at Intel® Corporation
Second Place: A tablet with Intel® technology for each member (professor included)
Third Place: 1 (one) Galileo Gen2 board for each student and 10 (ten) to the university where the students are subscribed.
Special Awards
Best Women Engineering Group: A tablet with Intel® technology for each member (student) and a trip for the professor to the 2016 Intel® Embedded Summit in the US.
Best Undergraduation Project: A trip for JUST ONE member (student) of the group to represent Brazil, competing at the 2016 Intel® Embedded Cup in China and a trip for the professor to the 2016 Intel® Embedded Summit, in the US.
- For more details about the prizes, restrictions and conditions please refer to the competition rules.