Eager to share your projects with the world? Searching for an innovative and creative platform to do so? Look no further than the Tech Master Event website! It’s an ideal space for technology enthusiasts who love to experiment and create.

Our team makes sure to come up with new and interesting ways of submitting projects all the time. This is why we’ve decided to organize a year-long technical tournament called Tech Master Event Tournament ’24. It’s a perfect opportunity for anyone who wants to become a master – be it a Master of Education, Master of Arduino Cloud or Master of Restoration.

Compete with participants from all around the world – Europe, Africa, Asia and other continents! It doesn’t matter if you are just a beginner. It’s the idea that counts! Apart from recognition, the authors of the best projects will be also awarded with a monetary prize. Let the world discover your brilliance – this is your time to shine!

The Tech Master Event is a project hosted by Poland-based company Transfer Multisort Elektronik – one of the largest suppliers of electronic and electrical components, workshop equipment and industrial automation in the world.

Feeling up for a challenge? Visit techmasterevent.com and let your imagination run wild – become a master of your destiny!

https://www.tme.eu/en/about-us/tech-master-event/

The design contest encourages engineers, makers and hardware developers to build projects that bring improvement, enhance efficiency and positively impact society by solving problems. The challenge is open now and runs through August 5, 2024, with winners announced on August 13, 2024.

“DigiKey is excited to sponsor the EW Project Challenge, an opportunity for all engineers to showcase their innovative, trailblazing designs,” said Y.C. Wang, global academic program director for DigiKey. “DigiKey is committed to enabling hobbyists and students across the globe with their innovative, next-generation solutions.”

A jury panel will select the top three projects for cash prizes worth ₹2,00,000. The contest’s first-place winner will receive ₹1,00,000, with second place receiving ₹60,000 and third place receiving ₹40,000. The top 15 projects will receive a “Creative Project Prize” of ₹10,000 each. The first 50 project submissions will receive a prize pack of amazing goodies.

ElectronicWings is a leading hardware community that enables learning and transformation in IoT, machine learning, edge computing, AI and hardware design among its more than 200,000 monthly users across 35 countries.

Participants may submit multiple entries, and each project is considered an individual entry. Visit the EW website for the complete rules and terms and conditions.

For more information about DigiKey’s product offerings, please visit the DigiKey website.

Bengaluru, November 21, 2023: Texas Instruments (TI) India today announced the winners of a state-level science and technology quiz for grades 6 and 7, aimed at cultivating interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects among government school students in Karnataka. Named Vaakovaakyam, this fourth edition of the quiz saw participation from more than 42,000 students from 700 schools. GHPS Bommanahalli, Bangalore rural district, won the competition, followed by GMPS BEO Yelahanka, Bangalore North district, and Adarsh Vidyalaya Shapura, Yadgiri district, in second and third positions, respectively, out of 14 schools that qualified for the finals.

“At TI, we recognize the value of access to education in building strong communities and equipping the workforce of tomorrow,” said Santhosh Kumar, managing director and president, Texas Instruments India. “Effective STEM programs such as Vaakovaakyam serve to supplement science classroom learning and allow students to explore the world of science and technology. In addition, STEM programs can help students develop their curiosity, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills,” he added.

Introducing basic STEM concepts at an early age fosters creativity, nurtures innovation, and equips students with the background knowledge to pursue higher education in these and other domains. TI India’s science and technology quiz, in association with Agastya International Foundation, aims to spark interest in STEM subjects and provide a fun and competitive avenue for learning in this field.

TI India has been spearheading STEM education initiatives across grade levels for over 15 years, regularly updating them to keep up with the changing needs of science education. These STEM initiatives include the TI Master of Science (MS) Analog Program with IIT Madras; TI STEM resources, which is a collection of free STEM and coding activities for teachers and students; the Women in Semiconductor Hardware (WiSH) internship; and other programs in partnership with engineering colleges across India. In addition to the company’s sponsorship, TI employees actively volunteer to help coordinate these programs and engage with participating students.

The winning students received educational scholarships of INR 27,000, INR 21,000, and INR 15,000 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places respectively. The guiding teachers received ‘Make your own lab’ (MYOL) kits, and 5 days of training at Agastya Foundation’s campus in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh to enable them to make low-cost and simple models that can help explain science concepts to their students. The winning schools also received science kits worth INR 50,000, INR 40,000, and INR 30,000 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively, and smart televisions for STEM education training.

The Inventors Challenge 2023 was a team event which saw 1,370 ideas submitted based on the United Nations’ Global Goals , with over 80 teams receiving developer boards from STMicroelectronics for prototyping their ideas.

8 teams were announced as winners of The Inventors Challenge 2023 on 20th November,2023

“The Inventors Challenge -2023 reiterated our belief on the importance of the industry-academia knowledge sharing. The initiative was well received and the feedback from participants has further strengthened our belief to continue such interactions, these interactions with Industry exposes academic ecosystem to technological innovations,” said, Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Chairman, AICTE

“We are pleased to run The Inventor’s Challenge once again this year together with AICTE & Arm, we believe this will strengthen fostering innovation and pave the way for valuable partnerships to enrich the local ecosystem, “said, Vivek Sharma, Managing Director, India, STMicroelectronics

“At Arm we believe in the power of technology to build a better world for everyone. Higher and further education institutions have a pivotal role to play in enabling technology innovation in the semiconductor ecosystem, and we work closely with academic, industry and government partners to drive technological advancements that will have a positive impact.  Huge congratulations to this year’s winners and we look forward to seeing how their innovations will help progress toward the United Nations’ Global Goals,” added, Guru Ganesan, President, Arm India

Bengaluru, India – 22 September 2023: element14, an Avnet Community, in collaboration with Bourns, recently launched the Experimenting with Flyback Transformers Design Challenge.

This innovative competition invites design engineers and enthusiasts to explore the world of flyback transformers, integral components used in switched-mode power supplies, converters, inverters, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to compete for prizes tailored to inspire and reward their creative endeavors.

The challenge aims to expand the understanding and application of flyback transformers through a series of hands-on experiments, tests, and designs. Whether you are an experienced engineer or a passionate hobbyist, this challenge offers a platform to showcase your skills and innovations.

“We invite engineers and enthusiasts to join us on an exciting journey of innovation as we explore the untapped potential of flyback transformers,” said Dianne Kibbey, Global Head of Community and Social Media for element14. “We look forward to observing the innovative approaches our members take throughout this challenge.”

The challenge is open to all element14 Community members, with free registration available here.

Applications for the Experimenting with Flyback Transformers Design Challenge are open now till 23 October, with participant selection on 27 October. Challengers must submit their projects and blogs by 15 January, and winners will be announced in January 2024.

Prizes include:

• Grand Prize: The grand prize winner will walk away with an impressive package including an MP720015 Handheld Oscilloscope from Multicomp Pro, a BeagleV Ahead Single Board Computer from BeagleBoard, and an MP710258 single-channel programmable DC electronic load from Multicomp Pro.
• Runner-up Prize: The runner-up prize winner will receive an equally fantastic package featuring an MP740784 Hot Air Station from Multicomp Pro, an MP710086 Linear Bench Top DC Power Supply from Multicomp Pro, as well as a BeagleV Ahead Single Board Computer from BeagleBoard.
• Finisher Prize: All challengers who complete the competition will be rewarded with a Heat Shrink Tubing Kit from Multicomp Pro.

For full details about the Experimenting with Flyback Transformers Design Challenge and to register, please visit: https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-flyback-transformers/.

The 10 shortlisted teams were A2P Energy Solution Private Limited, Ag Automate Private Limited, Aigret Innovations India Pvt. Ltd, ARMS  4 AI Pvt. Ltd, Bharat Rohan Airborne Innovations Private Limited, Plaksha University, G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Innosapien Agro Technologies Pvt Ltd, Satyukt Analytics Pvt Ltd and TFBOT PRIVATE LIMITED.

“Last-mile innovations focused on smallholder farmers are key for India’s Agri & allied ecosystem and Agri #startups should develop their products keeping smallholder farmers in mind,” said Sh. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MeitY.

“Agriculture is one of the key economic sectors of the country & #innovation through ICT enablement for this sector will help in achieving the target of $5 trillion economy by 2025,”mentioned Sh. Arvind Kumar, DG, STPI on the occasion.

“Increasing productivity of Agriculture is a critical requirement of our farmers. Iam delighted that MeitY has come up with the SFGC which focusses on their problem statement and invite Start-ups to find solution in an innovative way and financially support them,” accentuated Dr Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman, Emeritus, TiE Delhi-NCR (former Chairman NASSCOM).

“Optimum time of Sugarcane Harvest can be predicted using technologies like AI & ML etc,” said Sh. Roshan Lal Tamak, Executive Director &CEO, DCM Shriram.

The Smart Farm Grant Challenge (SFGC) programme was launched on 9th May 2022 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with grant-in-aid of Rs. 2.54 Cr. STPI is the designated implementation agency with Neuron CoE at Mohali as the anchor CoE. The challenge programme was launched to identify path-breaking solutions from startups, Innovators, Entrepreneurs etc. to address the problem statements identified for sugarcane harvest. Sugarcane is an important commodity for human consumption as well as trade. Information and communication technology in agriculture (ICT in agriculture) has the potential to significantly impact the agriculture sector by utilizing ICT tools.

The programme received an overwhelming response and received a total of 474 applications.  108 applications found suitable were further screened and 25 selected were pitched before the Jury committee of members from Industry, Academia, Domain experts and stakeholders.

The Jury’s recommendation of the 10 best proposals that have shown innovation and technological acumen to predict the optimum time of sugarcane harvest in a given plot area with reasonable accuracy are being provided financial support of INR 5 Lakhs each to develop a working prototype of the proposed solution within three months duration

These 10 teams will now have to develop a working prototype of the proposed solution within three months and compete again to enter the next critical phases of the Smart-farm Grant Challenge. As part of the next phases, they will demonstrate the prototype, get selected for Stage-2, receive Rs. 20 lakh support, develop the final product and compete again for the grand award of Rs 50 lakh along-with support of INR 10 lakhs per year for next 2 years towards Operations & Maintenance. Teams having innovative approaches, solutions which are reliable, having accuracy in percentage, correlation with the real time data etc. and can cater to scalability, usability, ease of deployment & roll-out, have a great chance to progress further.

Bangalore, India – 19 August 2021 – Infineon Technologies, a world leader in semiconductors, supports development of affordable and reliable solar powered irrigation systems for farmers, designed and manufactured locally. Its ‘Infineon Solar Pump Motor Drive Design Challenge 2021′ initiative concluded today with the announcement of three top submissions for working designs in motor drive solution for solar pumps.

Organized in collaboration with Invest India; and in partnership with Avnet India, the challenge sought a viable solution for solar pump motor drives to enable local manufacturers in India to reduce overall dependency on imports, and support domestic solar pump ecosystem. Moreover, this challenge aimed to support the Government of India’s countrywide ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, ‘Make In India’ & ‘PM-KUSUM’ initiatives, by making life easier and greener with microelectronics from Infineon.

“Solar pump manufacturers rely on overseas suppliers for drives, hampering build-up of local competence and ecosystem. To reverse the effects, it is integral to build energy efficient and cost effective motor drive solutions for pumps locally,” said Vivek Mahajan, Vice President & Division Head for Industrial Power Control, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific. “This initiative is aimed at bridging the gap between the real and the digital world, by bringing together techies and the business experts on the same platform and build a viable, marketable solution which will support the Indian Solar Pump industry.”

Deepak Bagla, MD & CEO, Invest Indiasaid “This challenge comes at an opportune time, as India is working at unprecedented speed to accomplish the SDGs, especially in renewable energy & sustainable development. Through Startup India we are committed to fostering a culture of innovation aimed at creating lasting socio-economic impact.”

“Avnet has been working closely with local companies to drive solar power solutions that support India in achieving its renewable energy target of 450 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. We are excited to be part of this meaningful partnership, supporting local innovators to develop solutions that provide cleaner, more sustainable and affordable energy in India,” said Kamath Suresh, Managing Director, Avnet India.

Infineon launched the Solar Pump Motor Drive Design Challenge 2021in January 2021. The initiative was started in collaboration with Invest Indiaand Avnet India, and several preliminary rounds later, Infineon selected ten finalists from over 300 start-up applications. Young entrepreneurs from across the country submitted their solutions to a jury whose members includedtechnology experts from Infineon.

Konmos Technology Pvt Ltdwon the challenge,Sunmint Energy Pvt Ltdsecured the first runner-up spot, and Ether Energy Pvt Ltd secured the second runner-up spot. The winning teams were awarded electronics gadgets worth a total of up to ₹8 lakh. Alongside, the winning team was also offered an opportunity to further build on their solution as part of a pilot project with the challenge industry partners, Amber Enterprises & Virtual Forest, with funding of up to ₹5 lakh.

Infineon has been actively engaging with the startup and entrepreneur ecosystem in India since 2017. Over the past few years, the company has partnered with the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) at Niti Aayog and various incubators across India including Electropreneur Park and NSRCEL to foster and nurture promising startups and drive tomorrow‘s solutions addressing some key societal concerns.Most recently, Infineon has been actively funding technology-based healthcare solutions developed by premier institutes to enable India to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. 

India, July 26th, 2021: NXP India, one of the largest design centers for NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI), organized the ‘Smart Car Race Design Challenge 2021’ in association with TOS (Time of Sport), an India-based University Engagement Group & India Licensee for F1 Car Races in Schools. The Smart Car Race Design Challenge is the first competition organized under NXP’s flagship platform ‘Artificial Intelligence In Mobility’ (AIM), launched exclusively for Indian university engineering students in January 2021. The AIM platform is created to build a collaborative connectivity with Academia, promote R&D culture among students, develop problem-solving attitude, make innovators of tomorrow and create career opportunities for the young cohort and make them industry ready in the field of Next Gen Smart Embedded System Design, through real life future system design challenges.

Smart Car Race Design Challenge is the first tech competition on AIM platform focusing on the most up-to-date technologies such as AI/ML Algorithm, Sign-Recognition, Sensor, Motion Detection, Computer Vision, Image Processing etc. Students were invited to create a car prototype and race it on virtual tracks on Gazebo simulator avoiding dynamic obstacles like moving cars, walking human beings, signal for start-stop, etc.  Registrations for the challenge were invited in March 2021 and witnessed participation from 87 Universities from 24 states in India, 621 registrations for Design Challenge, 750+ webinar training attendees and 450+ active participation on Discord for project brainstorming.

After three long months of training, mentoring and various qualification rounds, 17 teams comprising of 57 students were shortlisted for the grand finale for the live race and a presentation in front of the external judges. Finalists were judged on the following major criteria-

• Completion of the race in shortest time with least penalties during the course,
• Technology (Sensor and Algorithm’s used and system integration),
• Innovation (AI/ML implementation, Coding and graphics)
• Car Model designs and
• Presentation (Communication skills, presentation skills, and teamwork),

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners stand to win cash prize of INR 50,000, INR 30,000 and INR 20,000 respectively and 6 Special Theme Winners will take home INR 10,000 each. Other benefits for the winners include an internship opportunity with NXP, meet & learn from the industry experts and technical and career mentorship throughout graduation.

While congratulating the winners, Sanjay Gupta, Vice President and India Country Manager, NXP Semiconductors said, “It was amazing to see how young innovators have shown interest in learning the dynamics of new-age technologies like AI/ML and craft innovative prototypes. The Smart Car Race Design Challenge will open up the horizon for engineering students who are looking to explore the integration of cutting-edge technologies towards a specific application focus in the emerging smart world. The participants demonstrated tremendous team efforts and made the challenge success with the direction and training provided by team of experts from NXP.”

In his address Lars Reger, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, NXP Semiconductors said “NXP has always been focused on driving innovation in collaboration with industry, academia, and society. Smart and Autonomous cars are the future of mobility and initiatives like these will help in preparing students for the automotive space. Interestingly, challenges like these will encourage innovation, imbibing skills like team management which will further open career opportunities. I hope that thousands of students in India would join us in the similar challenges in future as well and helps solve the emerging technology and application focused problems with fun and collaboration”.

Yashraj Singh, Founder & CEO- Time of Sports said, “Super excited & proud to conclude the gala nationals of India’s first ever challenge based on Artificial Intelligence in Mobility. The participation, the enthusiasm, the hunger to go beyond by all our talented participants has geared us up for the bigger, the better, the groundbreaking Season 2. Stay tuned.”

The event was honored by some of the known Industry veterans – Dr BK Panigrahi, IIT Delhi; Prof. Neeta Pandey, DTU; Dr SS Solanki, BIT Mesra; Prof. P.V.M Rao, IIT Delhi; Ms. Clara Otero Perez, NXP Semiconductors; Mr Shashank Sharma, Jaguar Land Rover; Mr Manish Gupta, Rezo.AI and Mr. Matthias Wilkens, NXP Semiconductors were the members of the jury for the grand finale.

NXP India, the largest R&D center of NXP Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd. with over 2500 high-tech employees across India, is an employee-focused organization driving and supporting innovation from the forefront in the country. The sole purpose of events like Smart Car Race Design challenge is to encourage young people to broaden their creative abilities and establish the foundation for tomorrow, as well as to foster R&D culture and build a base for their industry-readiness. As a result, students will be better prepared for setting up their startups and explore job options in the latest state-of-the-art technologies, which will further give them a plethora of opportunities to explore and deepen their interest in engineering.

The global electronics design program invites designers to submit projects that uniquely feature one or more components from Microchip. The program is a partnership between Mouser, Microchip, and Crowd Supply, and entries will be promoted across all three channels.

Designers can enter the 2021 Get Launched program by submitting their project proposals through the form on the Crowd Supply website. Eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis by the organizers, and entrants can complete their Crowd Supply campaign anytime during 2021. All successful entries will receive a support package containing reduced-price parts for the initial production run, technical and marketing review consultations, and a reduced Crowd Supply campaign fee, as well as one of several Microchip development boards, including the following:

•             Microchip Machine Learning evaluation kits provide a simplified, easy-to-use environment with advanced performance. The EV18H79A SAMD21 Machine Learning Evaluation Kit features a TDK InvenSense 6-axis MEMS motion sensor, while the EV45Y33A SAMD21 Machine Learning Evaluation Kit incorporates a Bosch BMI160 inertial measurement unit (IMU).

•             The Microchip Curiosity PIC32MZ EF development board is designed to evaluate the high-performance PIC32MZ EF microcontroller, which offers 2 Mbytes of flash, 512 Kbytes of RAM, an integrated FPU, crypto accelerator, and excellent connectivity options. The 32-bit Curiosity development platform incorporates a programmer/debugger, two mikroBUS click sockets, and an on-board Wi-Fi-N module, and is fully integrated with Microchip’s MPLAB® X IDE.

•             The Microchip AVR-IoT WA development board combines a powerful ATmega4808 8-bit AVR microcontroller, a CryptoAuthentication secure element, and a fully certified Wi-Fi network controller to offer a simple and effective way to connect embedded applications to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud platform.

•             The Microchip PIC-IoT WA development board features a PIC24FJ128GA705 16-Bit XLP microcontroller, Wi-Fi module, and CryptoAuthentication secure element IC, and comes preloaded with firmware that enables engineers to quickly connect and send data to the AWS platform using the on-board temperature and light sensors.

To learn more and to enter the 2021 “Get Launched” design program, visit https://www.crowdsupply.com/microchip/get-launched.

As a global authorized distributor, Mouser offers the world’s widest selection of the newest semiconductors and electronic components — in stock and ready to ship. Mouser’s customers can expect 100% certified, genuine products that are fully traceable from each of its manufacturer partners. To help speed customers’ designs, Mouser’s website hosts an extensive library of technical resources, including a Technical Resource Center, along with product data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, engineering tools and other helpful information.

In collaboration with Startup India on Motor Drive Design Challenge for solar pumps

Bangalore, India – 15 January 2021 – Infineon Technologies,a world leader in semiconductors, today announced the commencement of its ‘Infineon Solar Pump Motor Drive Challenge 2021′ initiative to encourage affordable and reliable solar powered irrigation systems for farmers – design and manufactured locally. Organized in collaboration with Startup India, AGNIi- housed under Invest India; and in partnership with Avnet India, the program invites the industry, SMEs and Startups to participate and compete for the best design in motor drive solution for solar pumps.

India is an agrarian country with almost16 percent contributed to its GDP via agriculture, and more than 41 percent of the country’s workforce employed in this sector. A great boon for the environment, enablement of solar pumps across the country will lessen the burden on grid infrastructure, decrease reliance on imported crude and improve farmers’ livelihood.

India’s agriculture is primarily dependent on diesel powered pumps which contribute to rising emmisions and greenhouse gases. Current pump manufacturing  produces traditional irrigation pumps but microelectronics is still new to this industry. Solar pump manufacturers rely on overseas suppliers for drives, hampering build-up of local competence and ecosystem. To reverse the effects, it is integral to build energy efficient and cost effective motor drive solutions for pumps locally.

“Developing viable solutions for solar pump motor drives will enable local manufacturers in India to reduce overall dependency on imports. With a complete ecosystem in place, India has the potential to become a global lead in the solar pump industry,” said Vivek Mahajan, Vice President & Division Head for Industrial Power Control, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific. He further added, “Besides supporting the Government of India’s countrywide ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, ‘Make In India’ & ‘PM-KUSUM’ initiatives, we are making life easier and greener with microelectronics from Infineon.”

Registrations are open until 14 March 2021, post which selected registrants will have another month to submit a design concept. In the final round, 10 shortlisted participants develop a working solution, with support from Infineon and partners, and will present to the jury comprising of senior management from Infineon. Apart from attractive awards, the winner will get an opportunity to access the fast growing pump drive market through working with leading industry players to further develop their product for manufacturing.

Infineon has been actively engaging with the startup and entrepreneur ecosystem in India since 2017. Over the past few years, the company has partnered with the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) at Niti Aayog and various incubators across India including Electropreneur Park, NSRCEL and AIC-Sangam to foster and nurture promising start-ups and drive tomorrow‘s solutions addressing some key societal concerns like climate change.Most recently, Infineon has been actively funding technology-based healthcare solutions developed by premier institutes to enable India to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. 

http://www.infineon.com/designchallenge2021