EE345L Design Competition, Spring 2006
 Jonathan Valvano
TAs
 Anil Kottam
 John Porterfield
 Nachiket Kharalkar
 Robin Tsang
 James Fu
Objective: Design, Construct, and Test an embedded system

Judging Criteria
Visual appeal, functionality, and software quality

Constraints
6811 microcontroller, 28C64 EEPROM, $59 ExpressPCB Service

Process
 Propose a project
 Design the microcontroller-based hardware circuit
 Layout circuit board using ExpressPCB
 Build a 3-D mockup
 Fabricate PCB
 Test subcomponents (power, reset, clock, memory interface, I/O devices)
 Develop and test software

Winners

 1st place: Ben Sung Hsu and Jason Chang
 2nd place: Jonathan Kwan and Vivek Powell
 3rd place: Ricardo Garcia and Jatin Meta