Registration requirements Minimum skills Previous experience with C or Java is needed. Previous experience with Linux systems is needed. Experience with embedded programming is a PLUS but not a MUST. Team one to three members from either Politechnica University of Bucharest or Military Technical Academy. Judging Criteria Originality Is this something new or improving something that existed before ? Execution Does it do what it should do, are there any major issues ? Usability Is the project easy to use and/or integrate ? Utility Does it have applicability within the Automotive domain ?

The presentation represents the last phase of Linux Embedded Challenge in which each team will finalize and present their project to a jury formed from top Freescale engineers. Day 1 Each team will finalize the project being helped by their mentor. Day 2 Each project will be prepared for a demo. The jury will analyse and select the winning projects according to judging rules.

After the project presentations, the jury will offer awards for: Exceptional Activity The possibility to be enrolled in a Freescale Internship for next year Best Project Amazon Kindle Paperwhite per each member of team                            Most Original Idea Garmin Forerunner® 10 per each member of team            

The Linux Embedded Challenge team offers you full support during contest. The workshop will enlarge your perspective towards the Automotive and Linux world. Its main objective is to prepare you in order to be full qualified for the development of contest project. The lectures will be held by experienced engineers from Freescale. The participation is recommended for the accepted Linux Embedded Challenge participants. Courses Themes Day 1 -  Developing Software with Wandboard Day 2 - Linux Kernel Programming Day 3 -  Embedded Graphics Day 4 -  Introduction to Computer Vision Day 5 -  Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Registration For registration, please send an e-mail to linuxemb@freescale.com specifying the days you would like to attend. If you want to participate only to workshop, you should specify in e-mail the following details: subject: [LinuxEmbeddedChallenge] Register only to Workshop  CV Please answer to the following questions: Which is your most important Linux project? What do you know about Automotive? Why do you want to participate to Linux Embedded Challenge? All documents have to be written in English. Please be aware that the number of participants is limited. The accepted Linux Embedded Challenge participants will have priority. When and Where Period: 14-18 July, 2014 Location: Freescale Semiconductor Bucharest, TATI Business Center, 45 Tudor Vladimirescu Street, TATI Business Center, Bucharest Country: Romania

Wandboard Each selected team for Linux Embedded Challenge will receive a Wandboard Quad Core board which will be used as hardware platform for its project. Quick start guide User manual Processor details Wandboard enclode assembly guide Linux Git repo: https://www.github.com/wandboard-org/linux For more details, visit http://www.wandboard.org/.

If you are willing to learn new technologies, use open-source software and promote your novel ideas about Linux, Automotive and Embedded, Linux Embedded Challenge is your opportunity to amaze everybody. Form your team (1-3 members) and research a project idea related to Automotive which can be realized using Freescale Linux BSP and platform. Challenge yourself and enroll to Linux Embedded Challenge by sending an e-mail at linuxemb@freescale.com. The format of the e-mail is: Subject: [LinuxEmbbededChallenge] [TEAMNAME] Project Name Team Description Project Description: Describe your idea in detail Include architectural diagrams and  used technologies Mention the improvements it brings to Automotive world. Please send you submissions in English. Enrollment period:  1 - 20 June, 2014. Extended Enrollment Period:  1 June - 4 July, 2014.

The topics below are proposed by Freescale. Chosing one of them is not mandatory, you are free to come with your own idea for a topic. HMI - Human Machine Interface An HMI is a car system that allows the driver to easily use different information and entertainment car services. The HMI is usually found at the center of the car, between the driver and the passenger. A typical HMI can be a touchscreen allowing access to Radio & Audio subsystems as well as Navigation and Phone Connectivity. The teams chosing this project will need to design a graphical interractive application that allow the user to: Play media from various external devices (SD card or smartphone) Adjust audio and video settings Make and receive phonecalls from a smartphone connected to the Wandboard Use the navigation system Examples of HMI below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZsviUeLmmg Audi New HMI at CES2014 - YouTube Freescale Automotive Vision Freescale i.MX 6 Automotive Technology Audio Post Processing Filter Audio post processing, is the intentional alteration of auditory signals, or sound, often through an audio effect or effects unit. When listening to radio or music in a car, the surroundings around the listener can reduce the quality of listening experience. Traffic or wheel noise, people talking can contribute a lot of noise -- so much noise that some of the soft pieces in the music may become inaudible.Audio post processing can be used to improve the user experiencer by supressing the effects produced.by various noises. The teams chosing this project will have to show sample audio streams recorded with noises and the resulted output after the post processing alghorithms have been applied. Check out the links below dor more details: DSP-based audio post processing enhances audio quality | EE Times Audio signal processing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Real Time Collision Detection A collision avoidance system is a system designed to reduce the severity of an accident. Also known as precrash system, forward collision warning system or collision mitigating system, it uses radar and sometimes laser and camera sensors to detect an imminent crash. Once the detection is done, these systems either provide a warning to the driver when there is an imminent collision or take action autonomously without any driver input (by braking or steering or both). One of the first phases in collision avoidance collision detection or detecting an approaching obstacle. A typical application will process images received through a camera connected to the Wandboard, detect objects that are getting closer and closer (having a certain speed as a threshold) and warn by playing a sound or showing a warning message on the screen.  For more details, visit: HowStuffWorks "Pre-collision Systems and Radar" Collision detection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Safety Critical Linux A life-critical system or safety-critical system is a system whose failure or malfunction may result in: death or serious injury to people, or loss or severe damage to equipment or environmental harm. Automotive software is an example of a safety critical system. There is currently a lot of debate on whether Linux SW can be part of a such a system and there are open source projects aimed towards proving this. One of the examples of such project is the OSADL Project: Safety Critical Linux. A team chosing this topic might contribute to this project with applications or tools that control Linux application behaviour in Autmotive environment Check out the links below for more information: https://www.osadl.org/Presentations-and-Documents.safety-critical-documents.0.html http://elinux.org/images/9/96/LinuxInSCEnvironment.pdf AFS - Adaptive Front-light System Approximately 70% of vehicle to pedestrian accident occured in night time. The AFS adapts automatically to the traffic situation and weather conditions for increased safety and greater driving comfort. The teams chosing this project will have to create a prototype for controlling the front-light to different situations: curves, bumps, other traffic vehicles. Check out the links below for more information: Adaptive Frontlight System (AFS) - YouTube BMW Adaptive Headlights - YouTube https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/JA0606/JA0606O00139A.pdf

Linux Embedded Challenge is a Linux contest for Automotive topics. Its goal is to promote Linux and Open Source software in the student world. It also targets to prove Linux can be successfully used as support for Automotive software development. Linux Embedded Challenge is aimed towards students in the terminal years from either Politechnica University of Bucharest or Military Technical Academy who have had in the past previous experience with programming on Linux.