“Hardware Design Challenge Using Indigenous VEGA Microprocessor based THEJAS SoCs “ conducted on 27th November 2020

ER&DCI Institute of Technology, in association with Hardware Design Group of CDAC Thiruvananthapuram conducted Hardware Design challenge for MTech students of ER&DCI-IT to Design and develop working prototype using the indigenous Microprocessors and Ecosystem developed by C-DAC. Each of 9 teams proposed were provided with all necessary ecosystems like Processor development board, software development kits, device drivers etc based on their proposed ideas. Students were given necessary training in the processor and the development ecosystem. Evaluation consisted of Presentation, Demo & Viva. Prize Distribution ceremony was conducted on 18th January 2021 by Shri. Magesh E, Executive Director of CDAC Thiruvananthapuram.

• First prize Rs 15000 won by the project titled” IoT Based Blackbox & Accident Prevention System for Automobiles”.
• Second prize Rs.10,000 won by the project titled” Smart Public Transportation System”.
• Third prize Rs.7500 won by the project titled” Smart Traffic Light System”.
• Consolation Prizes given for the Project : Automatic Queue Monitoring System for Shops UV disinfection Robot