EIE Microcontroller Application Design Contest (2020 – 21)

The “EIE Microcontroller Application Design Contest (2020 – 21)” is organized by the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and sponsored by RS Components Ltd. The contest aims to promote EIE students’ interest in microcontroller-based electronic product design and to provide a platform for EIE students to exercise their creativity and innovation through teamwork.

The contest consists of two phases. In Phase I, each team with at most three members was required to submit a proposal to describe the design and implementation of its products. Before the deadline (i.e., 8 December 2020), RS Components Ltd. and the EIE department organized a brainstorming session on 7 December 2020 for all students to share their ideas and gave them comments. Phase I was completed on 8 December 2020 with some proposals received. Seven teams were shortlisted for Phase II. In Phase II, shortlisted teams received financial support and technical advice/support from the EIE Department and RS Components Ltd. All teams had around two months to produce their products based on their proposals.

On 8 February 2021, each team delivered a 15-minute presentation to describe and demonstrated the features of its final product with a 5-minute Q & A session right after. A panel of judges was formed by the EIE Department (two representatives) and a representative from RS Components Ltd. The result is listed below:

The project introduction of each team in Phase II is detailed on the links below:

Automatic Garment Folder

Detergent Management System

Intellectual Outdoor Clothes Hanging Machine

LoRa Location Checker

SLAM Game

Left-Hand and Right-Hand Card Reader