2009 FPGA Competition

By jake - Posted on 19 October 2009

Location:

uOttawa Campus

Datetime:

Fri, 2009-11-20 12:00

We are excited to announce the return of our FPGA programming
competition under the name "Innovate North-America". It is made
possible thanks to the sponsorship of Altera, Impulse Accelerated
Technologies, Terasic Technologies, the IEEE Field-Programmable Custom
Computing Machines (FCCM) Symposium, and the leadership of the Ottawa
section of the IEEE.

What rules must be followed?

The rules are simple, to provide a framework within which teams can
show their innovation:
   * Team members must be enrolled in a Canadian or America university
or college
   * Teams are required to have a mentor
   * Mentors can be a professor from the institution where team is enrolled
   * Teams can alternatively have a mentor from industry
   * Teams shall have a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 members
   * There is no limit on the number of teams from a given institution
   * There are no entry fees; development boards are available from
Altera's University Program
   * Teams must target the Altera DE1 or DE2 development board
   * Project proposals must me submitted by Friday, October 30, 2009
   * Project detailed progress reports must be submitted by Friday,
January 15, 2010
   * Project final reports are due Friday March 5, 2010

Who Can Participate?

Innovate North America is open to undergraduate and graduate students
enrolled in a Canadian or American college or university. This
competition is of interest to university students in electrical,
electronic, communication engineering, computer science or software
engineering.

What are the prizes to be won?

Teams will receive educational material and development software from
Altera and Impulse. Select semi-finalists will receive a DE1 board to
complete the project if boards are not available at their institution.
Finalists will be invited to participate in the IEEE Symposium on
Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM'10), and cash
prizes will be distributed among members of the winning and runner-up
teams.