Energy Harvesting
In today’s world, energy is a valuable commodity. Engineers are working at the forefront of technology harnessing the world’s natural energy sources and converting them to electricity.
RS Components and DesignSpark are running a competition inviting you to be creative and innovative in the field of Energy Harvesting.
The purpose of the competition is to extract the highest level of energy using natural resources i.e. the sun, earth, water and wind. There are two awards of DKR 10.000 (approx €1,300); one for the most effective solution and one for the most creative.
The competition will be in two parts:
i) Submissions from all participants detailing their theoretical solutions (The initial submissions will be judged)
ii) Make and build your solution, utilising DesignSpark PCB for the circuit board design, a development kit (Microchip MPLAB starter kit for PIC18F MCUs) will be provided.
For full competition details please refer to the competition terms and conditions.
To register for the competition you must:
1. Be a member of DesignSpark. Register For DesignSpark Now.
2. Register for the competition. Register for the competition.
Enter a competition entry now! (Remember to select Energy Harvesting as the Theme)
Links
- Ask a question to the DesignSpark community
- Become a member of the DesignSpark community
- Register for the energy harvesting competition
- DesignSpark PCB information
- Download DesignSpark PCB
- Competition terms and conditions
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David Tarrant
Hi zac123, yes the entries will be available for everyone to view. As this is a competition, with a substantial prize we will not be able to release any content until the competirion entries have all been submitted. We don't want anyone gaining an unfair advantage ;)
zac123
will the entries be available for us mortals to view?
ac
Bilo
Could You please tell me which email You are using
Dididito
I can not send the email, it says that the email address it's wrong??? and the deadline is almost here!!! :S
David Tarrant
Please use bilgihan.altintas@rs-components.com to send any entries.
Dan 22
HI
I have three question about the competition.
1. What is the deadline for entering the concept/idea?
2.Can you enter as a team. i.e. one person enters but could be a team of 3 say?
3. what is the time span for the competition. In terms of how long between concept and solution?
Kind Regards
Bilo
Hi,
1. 30th of April is the deaaline
2. Yes - You can enter as a team
3. 7 month is the time span for the competition
best regards
SiliconFarmer
Sounds very interesting!
One question though: What is the prize for winning round 2?
Bilo
Hi,
There is two prizes and the prizes will be giving for the most effective solution and the most innovative solution. There is no prizes between the 3 phases - You have pass to win one of the 2 prizes.