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All methods of entry submittal require that you print out/copy the
Eligibility Form section of the dsPIC30F Design Contest Project Entry
Form and sign it, date it and mail it to:
dsPIC30F Design Contest Manager MS-1E
Microchip Technology Inc.
2355 W. Chandler Blvd.
Chandler, AZ 85224
Send no hardware. Finalists will be contacted for proof of
implementation.
dsPIC30F Design Contest Project Entry Form
Contestants must review this Ofcial Guide and submit a completed
dsPIC30F Design Contest Project Entry Form, which serves as an
introduction to the project, provides a checklist to help ensure that the
entry is complete and constitutes an afdavit of eligibility and agreement
to terms and conditions state in this Ofcial Guide and the Project Entry
Form. The checklist includes:
o Completed Project Entry Form including Project Description, Self
Scoring Sheet and Eligibility Form sections
o Schematic
o Block diagram of overall application and ow diagram when
appropriate
o Project source code including source-level comments
o Optional article
Judging Criteria
Contestants must also complete the Self Scoring Sheet section of the
dsPIC30F Design Contest Project Entry form. Contestants will evaluate
their projects based on the following elements:
1. How many MIPS did your application use?
Up to 10 MIPS _______ (10 points)
11 - 20 MIPS _______ (20 points)
20 - 30 MIPS _______ (50 points)
2. Technical merit/well optimized code ________ (15 points)
3. General usefulness. Is the design topic of value to the engineering
community at large? _________ (15 points)
4. Justify how the application benets from using on-chip Flash memory
_________ (0 - 25 points)
5. Some portion of the code is in C _________ (5 points)
6. Number of resources used by application _______ (total points)
___ DCI (Codec Interface) (3 Points)
___ A/D Converter (5 Points)
___ Use of Peripheral or DSP Libraries (6 Points)