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There is no true test of an artist than to capture the world by his elegance. With breadboard as canvas and hues of transistors and gates, this event evokes the artist in the Engineer to sketch his masterpiece to glory. This event challenges you to solve basic analog and digital problems at the lowest level of abstraction in the most intuitive manner, where not just designing circuits but also making judicious use of the resources is taken into account. So get ready to scratch your gray cells, and start designing!
Round 1
- Written qualification round comprising of objective questions conducted on 27th Oct at 10:30 AM in NTB First Floor Classrooms.
- A limited number of teams,depending on their performance in the qualification round, will proceed into round 2.
- The questions challenge one's understanding of basic analog and digital electronic circuits.
Round 2
- Each team is expected to design circuits for on the spot problem statements(a set of tasks may be Given).
- Each team is provided with equal amount of virtual money.
- Completion of a task would fetch you virtual money.
- A task is said to be complete only when a design is implemented on hardware and the expected output is observed. No credit will be given for design alone. The amount to be added will be decided based on the quality of the result obtained and the discretion of the judges.
- Half the cost of the component will be credited (as virtual money) on returning unused component.
- Technical help, if required can also be obtained at the cost of virtual money.
- Teams will NOT be allowed to carry their own personal components to the event. All the components required for the event will be provided by the organizers.
- Final Round is on 29th Oct from 9-12 noon in Electronics Labs
Team size: Three(maximum)
Datasheets for all the components required will be provided.
- Basics of Analog Electronic Circuits: Transistors, OPAMPs, 555 timers, etc.
- Basics of Digital Electronic Circuits: TTL gates, adders, flip-flops etc.
- Analog Communication: Simple modulator-demodulator circuits
- The output of the circuit will be evaluated.
- In case of a tie, time required to build the circuit will be considered.
- The team with the highest amount of virtual money in their account at the end of the event will be declared as the winner.
Judges' decision will be final and binding in all cases.
