PCBWAY is the best PCB supplier in the world, offering different PCB and PCBA services for their clients and customers. They not only provide quality PCB services but also offer different coupons and content for these customers. Through you can take part and win handsome prizes and rewards. Currently, they have announced their 7th Design Contest, and in this competition, you can share your ideas in the electronic field all over the world with new students and engineers.
About PCBWay 7th Project Design Contest
- The main purpose of this design content is to ask the participant to share their open-source innovation projects and ask the electronic community to know about their expertise and ideas.
- With their previous electronic and mechanical categories, they have introduced the STM category. If you have a design based on STM32, you can also share in this contest, and through participation, you can win rewards.
Contest details:
The details for PCBWay 7th Project design are as follows:
- Project Submission Date: 2nd September 2024–19th January 2025
- Project Review Time: 20th January 2025–28th February 2025
- Winners Announced: 10th March 2025
Contest Categories:
There are 3 main themes of categories where you can share your ideas.
Electronics Projects:
- In this category, you can share all types of electronic circuits and projects, and with that, share MC and IOT-based projects. Such as embedded systems, power electronics, audio, etc.
Mechanical Projects:
- In this category, you can share designs related to mechanical products that are drone casings, robot structures, and complex 3D designs.
STM32 Projects:
- Here you can share STM32-based projects such as smart homes, robotics, or consumer electronics and can win a special STM32-themed reward for this category.
Prizes for competition
By participating in the PCBWay 7th Design Contest you can win handsome prizes.
First Prize:
- 1 Winner
- $1500 Cash + $200 Coupon
- Palm-sized Robot Dog
2nd Prize:
- 2 Winners
- $1000 Cash + $100 Coupon
- Raspberry Pi 5 (4GB)
Third Prize:
- 3 Winners
- $500 Cash + $50 Coupon
- OpenMV4 H7 R2 Cam Smart Camera
Participation Prize:
- Raspberry Pi Pico for all approved entries
STM32 Great Project Prize:
- Six-Claw Multifunctional Aluminum Alloy Soldering Table
Popular Design Prize:
- 10 Winners
- $100 Cash + $20 Coupon
- $10 3D Printing Coupon
How to Participate:
- The participation process for this competition is easy and simple. For this purpose, visit the PCBWay Design Contest page (https://www.pcbway.com/activity/7th-project-design-contest.html) and press the “Participate Now” button, or upload your project details into the PCBWay community according to your selected category: electronics project, mechanical project, or STM32 project.
Rules for Competition
- The uploaded details and files must be real and uploaded in a given time if delays will be disqualified.
- The intellectual features must be according to participants and made sure that they are not violated through the third party’s intellectual property rights. The competition comes with 3 types of themes: electronic project, mechanical project, and STM32 project. Choose a theme according to your project details.
- Each entry comes with a real design file, and electronic projects should have PCB designs, and mechanical design comes with mechanical design files. Try to add related files for projects such as BOM lists, schematics, Gerber files, layouts, code, mechanical design files, CNC machining files, etc. that help judges get an understanding.
- To participate, click the “Participate Now” button on the competition page.
- The participation reward for the approved project will be 500 points added to your account and can be used to redeem the Pico in the store.
- Extra rewards for using STm32 series chips will be given based on the evaluation of judges and added to a good project. Not every STM32 project will receive this reward.
- If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
