Digilent Design Contest 2011: A great success!
Our design contest for 2011 was bigger than ever, and we're incredibly pleased with the results! In addition to the regional contests in Europe and USA, which have been established for several years now,
2011 saw the addition of regional contests in China and India, as well as a final competition in Munich, Germany. This year's projects have been very impressive, as was the dedication and hard work clearly
demonstrated by all the contestants.
At Digilent, our primary mission has always been to place empowering technologies in the hands of future engineers, as early in their educational career as possible. This contest has shown exactly what can
be accomplished as a result, and we look forward to much more in the future.
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World Finals - September, 2011 - Munich, Germany
A smart shopping cart, a bomb disposal robot, and a GPS-enabled rover were some of the winners of the 2011 Worldwide Digilent Design Contest Finals. Held in conjunction with the FPGAWorld conference in
Munich on September 14 and 15, the student engineering contest was a showdown between projects that won top honors in the 2011 regional Digilent design contests.
The Digilent contests started in 2006 and showcase FPGA, microcontroller, and robotics projects developed by student teams using Digilent products. Sixteen teams with twenty-five students competed for
glory, honor, and cash prizes in the first worldwide finals. Over one hundred teams competed earlier in the regional contests in China, India, Europe, and the US for cash prizes and a paid trip to the finals.
The teams showed off their projects in presentations that featured a development discussion, project demonstration, and Q&A session. The panel of judges consisted of six industry representatives from
Germany, Italy, Taiwan, and the US. They evaluated the projects based primarily on conceptual innovation and technical implementation. After the contest, the teams also exhibited their projects to FPGAWorld attendees.
Click here to see the complete list of projects!
The participants, judges, and organizers of the DDC2011 finals. Click for full size.
See more pics from the 2011 World Finals.
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