Category Archives: Contest

IoT Contest Conclusion

Posted on July 16, 2023 by treideme

Part 1 Part 2 I am delighted to present my final submission for the IoT contest. Throughout this journey, I have worked diligently to develop a reaction trainer prototype rivalling existing commercial solutions such as Blaze Pods. By leveraging the capabilities of the CH32V208W microcontroller, I have designed a custom PCB that incorporates a calibrated […]

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IoT Contest: Reaction Trainer Design

Posted on June 6, 2023 by treideme

See Part 1 for the Contest Overview See Part 3 for the Final Submission As always you find the design files on my GitHub. Designing a sensor that meets the specific requirements of a particular application involves overcoming several hardware challenges. From creating a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) using Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software to carefully […]

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IoT Contest – Next-Generation Reaction Trainer using RISCV and RT-Thead

Posted on April 29, 2023 by treideme

See Part 2 for the Hardware Design See Part 3 for the Final Submission I have been following Nanjing Qinheng Microelectronics (WCH) for a while. They have a very interesting line-up of low-cost RISCV microcontrollers with a lot of different connectivity options that rival big shots like ST or NXP. A couple of weeks ago […]

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