Smart Medical Design Challenge

The challenge

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Microchip Smart Medical Design Challenge and congratulations to all of our winners! The Microchip team, on behalf of the judges, requested that a few short notes on the winning projects be shared with all of you both here on the contest overview and on the discussion forum! Check them out below:

Smart Pill Dispenser - Winner, Best Overall

Smart pill and medication dispensing is becoming more critical due to ever increasing demand for home and telehealth care solutions. Using both Microchip’s AVT-IoT WA board for smart, connected and secure access to Amazon’s Web Services and the Arduino Mega 2560 board, based on Microchip’s 8-bit ATmega2560 MCU this entry demonstrates impressive electrical, firmware and mechanical design.

The AVR-IoT WG: Out for Blood Pressure Monitoring in Google - Winner, Best in Remote Patient Monitoring/Telehealth

This entry shows how to navigate the complexities of reading the correct data out of a medical device and it also shows how easy and quick it is to get that data connected to and authenticated on Google’s Cloud IoT Core platform using Microchip’s AVR-IoT WG board. The final solution demonstrates a real-world method to convert standard medical devices quickly and cost-effectively into telehealth devices.

Smart Liquid Medicine Dispenser - Winner, Best in Drug Delivery

This entry solves the problem of safe, liquid medication dispensing to children and seniors. Using the Microchip’s AVR-IoT WG board, as well as a Microchip’s AT42QT2120 touch and input sensing controller this entry highlights the best of telehealth and drug delivery, making it a great example of a smart, connected and secure medical design.

Microchip Digital Dosette - Winner, Bonus Wildcard

This entry represents a solid solution to safe and low-cost drug delivery. The medication dispenser design demonstrates a telemedicine application using both Microchip’s RN2483 LoRa® Transceiver Module and the high-performance ATmega328 8-bit MCU.

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As the healthcare industry rapidly evolves, the technology supporting healthcare needs to evolve with it. The importance of building smart, connected, and secure devices is becoming increasingly clear.

Now more than ever, we need developers like you to help the healthcare industry evolve into our expanding network of hardware. Use - one of the thousands of Microchip devices - and bring your smart, connected, and secure idea to life.

Your solution should focus on the areas that need it most:

• Remote Patient Monitoring/Telehealth (at home or in a clinic)
• Drug Delivery (patient compliance, dosage measurement systems, medication delivery)
• Other (show us what we haven't thought of yet)

See what else Microchip is doing to help you launch your healthcare revolution.

The Hardware

We are giving away 90 (30 each) Microchip IoT Development Kits and IoT Credits to help bring your idea to life. Choose which board is right for you when you apply:

AVR-IoT WA Development Board & AWS Credits, free when you sign up here!

AVR-IoT WG Development Board & Google Cloud Credits, free when you sign up here!

DM990013 - CEC1x02 Development Board & Microsoft Azure Credits, free when you sign up here!

These development kits are just a small portion of the Microchip ecosystem. Check out what else Microchip manufactures to help jumpstart your project here. Use any Microchip product in your project to qualify for the contest!

Prizes

Best Overall

1 winner

13-Inch MacBook Air

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$1,000 value

Best in Remote Patient Monitoring/Telehealth

This award will be given to the best project in Patient Monitoring!

1 winner

Apple Watch Series 3

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$300 value

Best in Drug Delivery

This award will be given to the best project in Drug Delivery!

1 winner

Apple Watch Series 3

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$300 value

Bonus - Wildcard

This award will be given to the best wildcard project! Show us something we haven't thought of yet.

1 winner

Apple Watch Series 3

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$300 value

Judges

Resources

About us

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs that reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 120,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.