PCBWay has launched its 7th project design contest in collaboration with Mouser with three categories, namely electronic project, mechanical project, and STM32 project.
PCBWay’s design contests aim to encourage participants to engage in open-source innovation projects and inspire more people to join the electronics community. This year’s contest is no different and even adds the new STM32 project category to attract even more entrants.
There are three phases in PCBWay’s 7th design contest:
- Project Release – September 2, 2024 – January 19, 2025
- Project Review – January 20, 2024 – February 28, 2025
- Result Announcement – March 10, 2025
The contest started last month, but you still have plenty of time to enter before January 19, 2025. As noted in the introduction three categories are available. Here are a few more details about these:
- Electronic project – Everything about electronic design, from simple circuits to advanced MCU and IoT projects, covering embedded systems, power electronics, analog and digital electronics, audio, and IoT.
- Mechanical project – Everything about mechanical design, product design, or 3D design. For example, robot and drone casing design, structural design, and more.
- STM32 project – For any projects that include STM32 series chips including smart home devices, consumer electronics, and robotics projects.
Every contest has winners and losers, but not PCBWay’s design contest since you can’t lose by participating as every entrant gets at least a Raspberry Pi Pico…
The winners get some cool prizes with the top design receiving $1500 in cash, a $200 coupon code for PCBWay orders, and a robot dog, the second gets $1,000 in cash, a $100 coupon, and a Raspberry Pi 5 4GB, while the third place gets $500, a $50 coupon, and an OpenMV4 CAM H7 smart camera board. There will also be prizes for 10 popular “designs” and designers of “great” STM32 projects will receive a six-claw multifunctional aluminum alloy soldering table.
To have a valid entry you’ll have to do it within the application period and follow some rules:
- The intellectual property of the entries must belong to the participants, and they must ensure that their submissions do not infringe on any third party’s intellectual property rights.
- The competition has three themes: Electronic Project, Mechanical Project, and STM32 Project. Each participant can choose any theme to participate in and can upload multiple projects.
- Each entry must include original design files: electronic projects should include their PCB designs, and mechanical designs should include their mechanical design files. PCBWay strongly recommends sharing all files related to the project (such as Gerber files, BOM list, schematics, layouts, code, mechanical design files, CNC machining files, etc.) to help judges better understand your creativity.
If you think you’re ready, you can get started on the project design contest page on the PCBWay website.
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