TECHFEST-2010 Events from E&C

City Electronica  Based on electronics, finding the solutions to the problems of a city.  Simple circuits are the solutions  Online registration and online prelims for the teams from other colleges.  Venue can be EC labs  Rules  Various rounds concerning the basics of electronics (AEC, DEC, LIC, microcontroller 8051)  Prelims: written(1 hr), Finals: working (4 hrs)

Design and implement  Venue: Seminar Hall; Duration:4 hrs  Rules  A question will be uploaded online as soon as the website is up.  The participants have to send the abstract within a specified date. The best designs will be selected for the finals.  The participants will have more than a month to rig that circuits and get the working circuits here for the fest.  The judging criteria will be based on working of the circuits and the presentation.

Robix  Venue: Seminar hall or an open place Duration:1 Day  Rules  based on a given problem statement by the event organizers, the participants have to build a robot.  The time taken and the accuracy will be judging criterion.

Solarage  Idea: Building solar power driven boat.  The boat has to move a minimum distance and the time taken by the boat to move will be the judging criterion.  Venue: An arena has to be created in open place  Duration: Half day

Paper presentation  This is an event which brings out one’s technical knowledge into limelight.  The participants must choose one of the topics mentioned by the organizers  The abstract has to be sent prior to the date mentioned.

Inside toolbox!  Event based on MatLab+Simulink  The participants have to solve the problem statement given.  The event will have multiple rounds  The team with the most efficient code will be the winner.  Venue: Computer lab  Duration: 1 day(prelims+finals)

More events  Hack the diode(online)  The winners get wildcard entries to City electronica  Basic Electronics quiz (on spot)

Budget for the events(without prize money)  City Electronica- Rs.2500  Design and implement- Rs.1000  Robix- Rs.3000  Solarage- Rs.3000  Paper presentation- Rs.1000  Inside toolbox!- Rs.1000  Misc.(including other events)- Rs.2000

Expected expenditure(for participants)  City Electronica- Nil(Knowledge would be sufficient)  Design and implement- Rs.5000 max  Robix- Rs.5000 max  Solarage- Rs.5000 max  Paper presentation- Rs.1000 max  Inside toolbox!- Nil (Knowledge would be sufficient)

Expected prize money (total)  City Electronica- Rs  Design and implement- Rs  Robix- Rs  Solarage- Rs  Paper presentation- Rs  Inside toolbox!- Rs.6000  Misc.(including other events)- Rs.2000

Robotics Workshop  Expert team will conduct the workshop.  Microcontroller programming for Line follower, multi-line follower.  2 day workshop.  Robotic kits will be provided to the participants.  3 in a team. Rs.4500 per team.  Venue: Computer lab(50 comp) for 2 days

Tentative schedule TimeEventvenue Day City electronica prelims306,308, onwards Paper presentationSeminar hall Robotics workshopLabs Design and ImplementSeminar hall Day SolarageOpen place Inside toolbox! prelims306, City electronica finaleEC labs Robotics workshop contd.Labs Day Inside Toolbox!EC labs Robixarena

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