To encourage students’ innovation on MCU system design, Texas
Instruments announces the MCU Design Contest for Vietnam Universities
for the year 2015.
I. Contest Period
Contest will divide into 2 phases: regional level - southern, northern & central and national level final.
1. Regional Level: Apr 2015 – Sep 2015
2. National Level: Dec 02, 2015
II. Contest Content
It is required to use TI MSP430/MSP432 and Tiva C ARM Cortex-M4F as the
main processor. The students have to design their own hardware platform
or/and use existing TI EVMs to implement certain functions. TI analog,
power management and wireless connectivity are highly encouraged.
List of recommended MCU devices which are available for sample request:
• MSP430G2553/2955
• MSP430F5529
• MSP430FR5669/5738
• TM4C123GH6PM and TM4C123GH6PGE
• MSP432P401R
III. Contest Targets
Qualification: The contest is open to in school Undergraduates.
Every team should have 1-3 team members and 1 lecturer as their advisor.
The team members of the winning teams of the contests before year of
2015 are not allowed to participate in 2015 contest.
Submit Application Form: All teams should submit an application
form for the contest, pronouncing their group & design target. The
application form is available online and can be found by visiting TI
Vietnam support forum:
www.diendanTI.com, or can be accessed directly through:
• For North region:
http://tinyurl.com/2015TIMCUNorth
• For Central region:
http://tinyurl.com/2015TIMCUCentral
• For South region:
http://tinyurl.com/2015TIMCUSouth
IV. Score Criteria
In Regional Elections, the judges will evaluate the project quality by
scoring the submitted papers in English (full design files or demo
videos can be a strong complementary support). In both rounds, the teams
will submit the thesis using provided format which can be downloaded
from the websites of participating universities.
Score Criteria for Elections (Total 100):
1. Innovation 15
2. Practicality 20
3. Technical Competence of Project 40
4. Demo Quality (Video) 15
5. TI Analog/Power/Wireless Connectivity Engagement 10
In Regional & National Finals, the teams need to give a
presentation (Please note that teams must do presentation in English at
National Final), Q&A and a live demonstration to the judges.
Score Criteria for Finals (Total 100):
1. Innovation 15
2. Practicality 15
3. Technical competence of project 25
4. Presentation 15
5. Demonstration 30
V. Contest Time Frame
1. Before May 15, 2015: Download & Submit Application Form
2. May 30, 2015: Announce the accepted registrations
3. Before Sep 10, 2015: Submit thesis for election
4. Sep 17, 2015: Election Winners Announcement
5. Sep 30, 2015: Regional Finals (South, North and Central)
6. Dec 02, 2015: National Final
VI. Regional Level Awards (Each Region; Following Cash Awards are Pretax)
1. Teams who enter the Regional finals will get a “Completion of the Contest Award” Diploma Only.
2. 1st Class Award:
USD800
3. 2nd Class:
USD400
4. 3rd Class:
USD200
5. “The most promising”:
USD100
6. “The best presentation”:
USD50
7. Excellence Advisor Awards: The advisors of the 1st place winners in the regional finals will be awarded an amount of
USD300.
VII. National Level Awards (Following Cash Awards are Pretax)
1. 1st Class Award:
USD2000
2. 2nd Class:
USD1000
3. 3rd Class:
USD500
4. “The most promising”:
USD300
5. “The best presentation”:
USD200
VIII. Scholarships and dedicated prizes
i. Sunflower Mission’s Engineering & Technology Scholarships
Sunflower Mission’s Engineering & Technology Scholarships for EACH of the members of
the top 3 teams of the
national final that meet the following criteria. The scholarship is in the amount of
$300.
1. The money is to be used only for educational purpose as outlined
below and only in the field of Engineering & Technology
2. Students NOT in the last semester of undergraduate program must provide
a. grade report for the last two completed semesters (fall 2014 and spring 2015)
b. all grades for the last two semesters must be better than 7/10 to qualify
c. name of undergraduate degree being pursued
d. year of graduation
3. Students ALREADY in last semester of their undergraduate study must produce
a. proof of the current institution stating the student will graduate in December 2015
b. proof of admission to a graduate degree that includes name of the institution
c. the graduate degree must be in the field of Engineering & Technology
d. letters of recommendation from two professors in the current
semester of undergraduate study attesting to know the student will
pursue the graduate program in the spring of 2016. The letters from the
professors must contain full name, title, university he/she belongs to,
email, and telephone number
4. Students who have already been awarded E&T scholarship from Sunflower Mission in 2015 are NOT qualified to apply again.
5. Students will have to submit a headshot & material to meet criteria described in 2 and 3 above by
12/31/2015 to our TI VN team to receive the scholarship by
01/30/2016.
ii. Hella Entrepreneurship Prizes
1.
Eligibility: only applicable for teams in National round.
2.
Judging criteria:
a. Innovation score
b. Practicality score
c. Impaction on the industry
d. Design to manufacture concept.
e. Program/Business idea to describe how to apply the project into future real product/business.
3. Supported material submission:
a. Shall be included in the team’s thesis.
b. Materials to support for “Design to manufacture concept” can be (but
not limited to): drawing, sketch, schematic, PCB layout…
c. Materials to support for “Business idea” can be (but not limited to): business plan, financial plan, marketing plan…
4. Award/ Prize value: 1,500 USD (in total)
a. 500USD will be given for the team with highest score (total) in point a, b, and c of the Judging criteria.
b. 500USD will be given for the team who has best design to manufacturing concept.
c. 500USD will be given for the team who has best business plan to
transform the prototype into real product and put it into the market.