Students of MCIS, Manipal University wins The Freescale Cup India – 2011

Students of MCIS, Manipal University wins The Freescale Cup India – 2011 making it for 2^nd place    

Engineering students from across the country got an opportunity to put their skills to test when Freescale Semiconductor India, in association with the Centre for Electronic Design and Technology (CEDT) from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), organized a mini model racing car competition for them on Monday at IISc.

The event saw 70 teams from 35 colleges, each team consisting of three students, competing in the preliminary rounds.

Students were required to assemble an intelligent model racing car using microcontroller (MCU) programming that automatically recognized the specially designed race track and perform optimally under various test conditions during the race at the venue.

The entries were judged on the basis of several parameters, including speed, design and technology

2nd Prize –Team, MCIS from Manipal University (Manipal) – Participants name Shabeer Ali, Sneha Joseph, Rajendra Babu completed in 30.59 seconds winning a cash prize of Rs 50,000

Support

Freescale provided the technical support as well as the model car kits and development tools required to build a model racing car based on the Freescale MCU technology.

The winners

Amit Tank, Atul Jariwala and Vivek Kholia of HORS-BORDS team from the Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, won The Freescale Cup India 2011, covering the 30-metre track in 25.68 seconds, taking home a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh.

Third

Vishva, again from the Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, bagged the third slot, filling their kitty with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000.

They covered the track in 34.49 seconds.

The fourth and sixth prizes (consolation prizes) were bagged by two teams from B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore, winning Rs.10,000 each.