Bootcamp briefing special 2021

Initial situation

Das startup MHT Instruments and Infineon invite the IMM maker community to solve the following future tech bootcamp briefing special together with their tech experts.

challenge

The challenge is structured in 3 tracks: Talk to Raspberry, Talk to Android and Freestyle.

Talk to Raspberry

Create a service/driver for Raspberry to allow receiving data from tinyTag. The data is sent following tinyTag protocol.

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Talk to Android

Create a service/library for Android to allow receving data from tinyTag. Mobile devices and tablets are targeted. Data is sent following tinyTag protocol.

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Freestyle

Use tinyTag as a base platform, extend it with Infineon hardware, and/or your own hardware, and break the limits - create something awesome.

Gadget ideas to spark the imagination wild:

  • distance tracker - see Infineon's Disrupt COVID challenge

  • intruder alarm system (hint: observe pressure)

  • temeprature, pressure,... monitoring for weather prediction

  • portable altimeter (atmospheric pressure measurement)

  • procrastinometer (track time and improve own efficiency)

  • use Infineon microphone with tinyTag for voice processing (requires programming in C, black belt level;)

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Support

MHT instruments provides up to 20 tinyTag development boards for the challenge, free of charge for the qualifying requestors.

Infineon Technologies provides the hardware listed below:

Next steps

Please register via our page or send an email to mht@mht-instruments.at. The registration should include a brief introduction, a short idea description and the required hardware.

The hardware will be sent via DPD. For the time being, sending hardware is possible to following countries: Austria, Germany, ... The list is continuously updated. If your country is not yet listed, feel free to send an inquiry email.

The teams from MHT Instruments and Infineon will present the challenge at the future tech bootcamp and provide you with intensive support in developing your solution with their experts over the 4 days (June 21st - June 24th).

If you feel like it, you can continue working on creative prototypes with the hardware after the future tech bootcamp until the Best of #IMM2021 event on October 18th and present your solution at the closing event.

Why participate?

Similar to tournaments in the Middle Ages, solving a challenge within IMM gives recognition and visibility within a large (international) community.

At the same time, working on a challenge means free access to explore newest technologies, to build up know-how and add weight to own resume.

Networking is yet another (collateral) benefit. Whether asking for support, or teaming up with others in solving a challenge, in the end is expanding own network.

Complete, functional projects will be highlighted on the Industry meets Makers website and the website of MHT Instruments as educational examples, together with author's contact information (of course, if the author agrees to).

Is it really free?

What is developed during the future tech bootcamp, or until October, when #IMM2021 ends, is mostly exploration of new technology and/or new components. Ideally all this work is done under open source umbrella (MIT, Apache 2.0 license), so that those who did not have the chance to join the program, can still learn.

That is the only requirement in exchange for free hardware, access to advanced technology and free expert support.

The author keeps the copyright.

Contact

The main contact persons for the project are Mihai Tudosie (MHT Instruments) and Rafael Gattringer (Infineon).


About MHT Instruments

MHT Instruments was founded toward end of 2015 in Austria, as a side project by Mihai TUDOSIE (MHT). The ultimate goal is to create meaningful, trustworthy products, which give a frustration free experience to any user, including elderly. 

Several projects were developed since inception and some are listed on the company website. The main focus so far was on sensing the environment and reacting to it. Therefore the main R&D directions are ultra low power (battery operated devices) and radio links for data exchange (Bluetooth low energy).

More about the MHT Instruments.

About Infineon Austria

Infineon Technologies Austria AG is a group subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG. Energy efficiency, mobility and security are the central global challenges that Infineon addresses with its semiconductor and system solutions. Whether they are in your car, your smartphone, your fridge, your debit card and passport, or in computer centers, robots and industrial equipment – you can find expertise from Infineon Austria in many everyday applications.

With 4,517 employees from around 70 countries, including 1,960 in research and development, in the financial year 2020 the company achieved a turnover of € 3.1 billion. An R&D expense rate of €498 million makes Infineon Austria one of the strongest industrial research companies in Austria.

More details about Infineon Austria.


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