Contest rules

Eligibility

You are eligible to enter if you meet the following requirements at the time of entry:

• You are a hobbyist or professional in the field of technology development and
• If you are considered a minor in your place of residence, then you should ask your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission prior to submitting an entry into this challenge.
• You are not involved in the execution or administration of this contest; and
• You are not an immediate family member of (parent, sibling, spouse/domestic partner, child) or household member of an employee of any of the following companies: Electromaker, Mouser, Microchip or Crowd Supply.
• Projects cannot have been selected as a winner in any other contest.
• Project owners must be granted permission and / or obtained licences for any submitted materials.

Requirements

To be eligible for judging, an entry must meet the following content/technical requirements:

• You must create a free Electromaker account and register as a participant for this contest.
• Your original idea must be submitted via the idea form.
• Projects should be submitted in the English language.
• The Microchip Giant Board must be used as the platform for your project.
• Projects must be the work of the submitting individual (i.e. no plagiarism).
• Submissions must be entered by the deadline outlined in the content brief.
• Participants agree their project details may be shared and promoted for the purposes of marketing by the competition organisers.

Prizes and giveaways

• The competition organisers will make available a maximum of 50 Microchip Giant boards to successful applicants.
• One development boards per completed application.
• Once the 50 boards have been given away, no further boards will be offered.
• No cash alternative will be offered.
• The following prizes are being offered:
• • First Prize: $1,250 Cash
  • Second Prize: $500 Cash
  • Third Prize: $250 Cash

Timeline

February 3rd 2020 : Project ideas submission form open

March 3rd 2020: Project ideas submission form closed

March 5th 2020: Giantboard shipped to successful applicants

July 7th 2020: Project writeup submission deadline

July 14th 2020: Announce contest winners