HARD&SOFT

Suceava 2018
The 25th Edition of Hard
and Soft
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ReWeS – NMP
Remote Weather Station
with no moving parts
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ReWeS
Battery powered, solar charged
wireless Weather Station
for remote locations.
Web based base station
Android App for smart phone.
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What are we giving you?

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ESP32 development system

BME280 weather sensors chip
Extensive sensors kit
GMS module and SIM card
Solar panel & Lithium-ion battery
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Your design must be based on the ESP32

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You may use any open source software,

development systems, libraries….

You have brought an Android smart phone or tablet.

You can use your own laptops etc.

Other components may be available from the

Technical Assistance Office – ask.

You may use your own components in a minor role

in your design, if in doubt ask the Jury.
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The Jury will judge your work at two main assessments

1. Tuesday Evening: Demo of your basic system

2. Friday late am and pm: Final judging and public fair

Additional assessments:
Informal visit to your lab on Wednesday afternoon.
A brief design document,
initially submitted to the Jury by 10:00 Tuesday
and updated and resubmitted by 9:00 on Friday

More details will be sent to each team by email.

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Point you should pay attention to in your design:

Remote location

Secure and efficient wireless data transfer

Power system design

Base station data display and data archiving

User friendly Android App

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Wireless data:

The Jury is aware that there are radio based systems

for long distance low density data transfer, these are
beyond the scope of the contest.

We expect a data transfer regime that switches between

Bluetooth, WiFi, GMS as appropriate
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No Moving Parts

Conventional weather stations measure wind speed

and direction and rainfall by techniques that involve
moving parts.

A key feature of your task is to devise techniques that

do not have moving parts.
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Extras:

The Jury expect teams to extend their design to

include additional features, for example:

derived quantities such as wind chill, cloud base…

data formatted for specialist users, farmers, winter

sports enthusiasts……

additional sensors, sunlight, cloud cover…..

Adaption for extreme environments……….

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Tuesday evening:
Each team will make a demonstration of their Basic
System, ESP32, BME280, Android APP showing current
temp, humidity and barometric pressure

One member of each team is invited to attend,

coaches and advisors are welcome

Friday final Judging and Public fair.

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Jury
Prof Timothy Hall, President
Dr Ciaran MacNamee, University of Limerick, Ireland
Prof Jean Michel Duthilleul, Polytechnic University, Lille,
France
Dr Claudine Lecocq, Polytechnic University, Lille, France
Nicolae Foica, ServiceXpert, Munich, Germany
Neta Olsarova, ServiceXpert, Munich, Germany
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Remote Weather Station – No Moving Parts