NXP Hackathon 2021 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 Electromaker or NXP employee.
- Only one competition entry per member allowed.
- 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 submit your project write-up using the project upload form.
- Projects should be submitted in the English language.
- The NXP RT1010 or RT1020 must be used as the development 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 following prizes are being offered:
- The competition organisers will make available a maximum of 125 free i.MX RT MCU 1010 & 1020 Development Boards to participants. The board will be chosen and distributed at random.
- One development board per completed application.
- A further 6 add-on components will be made available. Participants can apply for one component if desired, however this is not a requirement and project entries can be submitted using the development board only.
- Once the 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: €1,000 Cash Prize
Second Prize: €500
Third Prize: €500
Timeline
Project Submissions open: 1st March 2021
Kits Shipped: 7th April 2021
Submissions deadline: 21st June 2021
Winners Announced: 5th July 2021