element14.com and Infineon Technologies Launch Low Power IoT Design Challenge

Competition invites community members to build low-power IoT devices using Infineon products to improve industrial application designs

Shanghai, China, July 19, 2021 – Farnell element14, a global distributor of electronic components and solutions under Avnet, has jointly launched a low-power IoT design challenge with Infineon through its online interactive community. The challenge encourages Farnell element14 community members to use Infineon product kits to build low-power IoT devices to improve industrial application design.

The use of easy-to-use low-power embedded solutions can bring many benefits to industrial design applications, so that companies do not need to spend more time, cost and bandwidth to optimize system power consumption. Infineon is committed to improving industrial design through efficient IoT applications, and continues to provide users with high-quality hardware and platforms as well as flexible and easy-to-use software to help them build smart, energy-saving and secure IoT systems, thus turning ideas into reality.

The design challenge requires contestants to use Infineon's PSoC™6S2 + AIROC™ WiFi/Bluetooth Pioneer Kit and ModusToolbox™ software development environment to build low-power IoT devices to inspire them to innovate. The design projects may involve applications such as factory automation sensor hubs, predictive maintenance modules, and air quality monitors.

Phil Hutchinson, Senior Community Programme Specialist at element14, said: “We have been impressed by the innovative solutions developed by element14 community members in previous design challenges. The Low Power IoT Design Challenge will provide participants with the tools they need to build efficient and secure IoT systems that will enhance industrial design.”

Participants can register for the competition from now on. The competition will select 20 finalists, who will receive Infineon's PSOC™6S2 + AIROC™ Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Pioneer Kit for free to build their design projects. The list of finalists will be announced on August 2. After that, they will have about 10 weeks to build their respective design projects, during which time they need to publish 10 blog posts on the element14 community to introduce their project design progress. The challenge judges will evaluate the entries based on design creativity, innovation and technical value.

The winners will be announced in October. The winner of this challenge will receive an 11-inch 128GB iPad Pro and a solar charger, and the runner-up will receive an iPad mini and a solar charger. Participants must use the Infineon Pioneer Kit and ModusToolbox™ to build a low-power project to be eligible for the award.