{"id":20651,"date":"2017-06-06T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=20651"},"modified":"2021-06-11T09:34:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:34:32","slug":"digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Digilent Design Contest 2017 Finals and Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Finals of the 2017 Edition of the Digilent Design Contest took place on May 13th and 14th. This year we had 52 teams enrolled and 25 teams (made of one, two or three students) presenting in the finals. The 25 teams came from universities in\u00a0Cluj-Napoca, Baia-Mare, Constanta, Brasov, Targu Mures, Timisoara, Bucuresti(Romania), Poland, Turkey, Serbia and Hungary.\u00a0On Saturday, all teams presented their hard work in front of six judges. After that, the best eight projects were chosen:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>. First place<\/strong>,<\/span> one man team: <strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Marcin\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Kowalczyk\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">from AGH University of Science and Technology in Kracow, Poland<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"> with the project:<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n\u200bO<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\">bject tracking pan-tilt smart camera based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/zybo-zynq-7000-arm-fpga-soc-trainer-board\/\">Zynq <\/a>heterogeneous device\u200b\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Portrait-e1496954200348-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Portrait-e1496954200348-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Portrait-e1496954200348-600x600-cropped.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Portrait-e1496954200348-300x300-cropped.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20653'>\n\t\t\t\t1st Prize\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-77-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-77-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-77-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-77-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20652'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>2.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Second Place:<\/span><\/span> Stefan Sredojevic, Tijana Petrovic, Srdjan Skala<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u200b<span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">from\u00a0University of Novi Sad, Serbia with the project:<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Retro Gaming Console<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-55\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-55-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-55-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-55-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-55-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-55-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20655'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/girl\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/girl-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/girl-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/girl-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/girl-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20657'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-275\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-275-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-275-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-275-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-275-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-275-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20656'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>3.<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> Third Place:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">there were two of them, since they were equally good.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Selma Goga<\/span><\/strong> and \u200b<strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Zelia Blaga<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u200b<span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">from Technical\u00a0University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania<\/span> with the project:<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\">Cycling Assistance System Using FPGA\u200b<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-198\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-198-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-20658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-198-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-198-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-198-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-198-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-20658'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-297\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-297-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-297-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-297-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-297-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-297-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-298\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-298-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-20660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-298-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-298-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-298-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-298-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-20660'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-300\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-300-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-300-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-300-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Andrei B\u0103r\u0103ian<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Andrei Sab\u0103u<\/span><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Victor Oltean<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u200b<span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">from Technical\u00a0University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania<\/span> with the project:<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\">Bin Knows Best<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-280\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-20664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-280-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-280-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-280-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-20664'>\n\t\t\t\tTeam\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-279\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-279-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-279-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-279-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-279-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-279-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/20170513_110108\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110108-e1495530773794-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-20662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110108-e1495530773794-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110108-e1495530773794-600x600-cropped.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110108-e1495530773794-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-20662'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>4. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Honorable Mentions<\/strong> <\/span>&#8211; there were four of them, all high quality, awesome projects:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Ayse COLAK, Aysenur KAPISIZ <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\"> Beliz ONCU<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0\u200bfrom<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey with the project:<\/span><br \/>\n\u200b<strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\">Optimum Implementation of Improved Successive Cancellation Decoders for Polar Codes in FPGA Platform\u200b<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-236\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-236-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-20665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-236-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-236-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-236-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-236-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-20665'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/girl1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/girl1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/girl1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/girl1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/turkey1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/turkey1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-20667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/turkey1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/turkey1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/turkey1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-20667'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">\u200bMuge Genc, Burak Gokbulut, Anil Ayancik<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0from \u00a0Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey\u00a0with the project:<\/span><br \/>\n\u200b<strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\">Faster Successive Cancellation\u00a0Decoding 2 bit<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-239\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-239-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-20668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-239-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-239-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-239-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-239-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-20668'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-240\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-240-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-240-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-240-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-240-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-240-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-243\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-243-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-20670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-243-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-243-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-243-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-243-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-20670'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\"><strong>Robert Oniga, Catalin Moldovan<\/strong> <\/span>\u200b<span style=\"color: #333333;\">from\u00a0Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania with the project:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rain Room<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/rainroom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-20673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-20673'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/rainroom2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rainroom2-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/20170513_110133\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110133-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-20671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110133-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110133-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110133-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170513_110133-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-20671'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-254\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-254-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-254-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-254-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-254-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-254-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">Paul Vacariu <span style=\"color: #333333;\">and <\/span>Giani Statie<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0\u200bfrom\u00a0Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania with\u00a0the project:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;\">Persistence of Vision Game Display\u200b<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-20651 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-261\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-261-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-20675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-261-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-261-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-261-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-261-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-20675'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-264\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-264-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-264-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-264-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-264-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-264-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/digilent-design-contest-2017-finals-and-winners\/ddc-267\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-267-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-20677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-267-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-267-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-267-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DDC-267-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-20677'>\n\t\t\t\tProject\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>We bring thanks to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for ensuring accommodation to visiting students and teachers during the competition.<\/li>\n<li>National Instruments, for\u00a0hosting the event<\/li>\n<li>Jury members for the\u00a0commitment and dedication displayed during the event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digilentdesigncontest.com\/2017-gallery.html\">pictures <\/a>from the event and and event\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digilentdesigncontest.com\/2017-europe.html\">summary<\/a>! Thank you to everyone who participated and make sure to stay tuned for the next edition of the contest!<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-20651 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='20651' data-nonce='5286a1c13f' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-20651 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-20651 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='20651' data-nonce='5286a1c13f' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-20651 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-20651 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results are in for the Digilent Design Contest 2017! 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