EE345L Design Competition

EE345L Design Competition, Spring 2007
Jonathan Valvano
TAs
Deepak Panwar
Smita Kumar
Ashwin Kulkarni
Nakshatra Gajbhiye
Preston O'Neal
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

Judges

Daryl Goodnight, Stephanie Peco, Perry Durkee, Mike Filippo, Paul Landers, and Fred Kirby

Finalists

Nok Ho and David Johnson, Space game, TA Nakshatra Gajbhiye
Michael Oliver and Nicholas Paine, 2D pong , TA Nakshatra Gajbhiye
Scott Peterson and Bartley Gillian, Hand-held Pong, TA Smita Kumar
Junyoung Chau and Abbas Guvenilir, TA Smita Kumar
Johnston McGaughey and Rachel Kmetz, Simon Says, TA Smita Kumar
Antonius Keddis and Stephen To, Jabroni Jam, TA Smita Kumar
Aidan Bahta and Simon Says, TA Ashwin Kulkarni
Leiwen Wu and Alexey Pakhomov, Simon Says, TA Ashwin Kulkarni
Joseph Stine and Damon Bohls, Real-Time Temperature, TA Preston O'Neal
Adam Tyler and Chen Ding, LCD Hangman, TA Preston O'Neal
Franco Alamo and Akmal Mohammad, Simon Says, TA Deepak Panwar
Liang Xia and Michael Grysan, Ping Pong, TA Deepak Panwar
Kevin Baker and Andrew Leboski, Ping Pong, TA Deepak Panwar

Winners

1st place: Adam Tyler and Chen Ding, LCD Hangman, TA Preston O'Neal
2nd place: Nok Ho and David Johnson, Space game, TA Nakshatra Gajbhiye
3rd place: Michael Oliver, Nicholas Paine, 2D pong , TA Nakshatra Gajbhiye
4th place: Kevin Baker and Andrew Leboski, Ping Pong, TA Deepak Panwar
5th place: Joseph Stine and Damon Bohls, Real-Time Temperature, TA Preston O'Neal

First place, LCD hangman

Second place, Space game

Third place, 2D pong

Fifth place, Real-time temperature

Winners circle