Chips integrated into cameras to measure vehicle speed, chips in devices that measure brain waves to support sleep... are the ideas of students participating in the Ho Chi Minh City Circuit Design competition.
On the morning of March 24, Ho Chi Minh City Hi-Tech Park cooperated with the Youth Union to organize the qualifying round of the 3st Circuit Design Competition for Smart Cities with the participation of 1 project groups of young people from 29 to 18 years old. .
A group of students from the University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, brought an idea contest to design a chip to measure the speed of vehicles participating in traffic. According to team leader Phan Hoai Lam, the chip is integrated into traditional cameras, with a mechanism to analyze collected images by measuring the distance between two points on the frame and the travel time between two points to determine determine vehicle speed. This technology can process speed measurements of many vehicles at the same time with an expected initial accuracy of about 60%, which will increase when image processing is optimized.
The team is building a chip design architecture model and needs specialized tools and software to complete. Hoai Lam said that the group's technology allows data to be processed directly at the camera faster, saving bandwidth costs and reducing data transmitted to the server. In the future, the team will integrate a mechanism to identify license plates, vehicle colors, etc.
Group of students at the University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City with the idea of designing a chip to measure vehicle speed. Image: Ha An
Designing chip applications for health care, a group of students from Polytechnic University, Ho Chi Minh City National University created a device mounted on the body to help sleep deeper through brain wave frequency. The device works by measuring the human electroencephalogram, processing the information then emitting appropriate sound frequencies to support sleep maintenance.
Nguyen Xuan Trieu, group representative, said that the product can be integrated into pillows, neck straps, headphones... with the most compact size possible to create comfort when used. "The new product is in the form of an idea, so integrating it into a suitable device requires time and advice from biomedical research experts," Trieu said.
With the same idea of health care, a group of students from Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade set the problem of creating an integrated circuit with sensors combined with AI algorithms to help identify people who have fallen. The product can be designed in the form of bracelets, necklaces... with the function of immediately alerting relatives via phone when the elderly or people with stroke fall. The team is in the process of designing circuit architecture and building a team to complete ideas and create products.
Through the evaluation of the professional council, from 29 projects, the Organizing Committee plans to select 10 applications to participate in the training round to support students in product development. Deputy manager of Ho Chi Minh City Hi-Tech Park Le Quoc Cuong said that through the contest, it helps find young people's ideas about semiconductor circuits. This is an important premise to expand the scale and quality of human resource training according to business needs, towards owning core technologies, incubating microchip businesses and attracting strategic investment projects in the future. field operating in Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park.
Mr. Tran Dac Khoa shares the skills students need to become a circuit engineer. Image: Ha An
From a business perspective, Mr. Tran Dac Khoa, General Director of Renesas Vietnam design company, said that students participating in seminars and academic competitions in this field is one of the six necessary skills for engineering. circuit engineer. This gives students the opportunity to learn in a larger environment because the microchip industry is always developing year by year. Competitions help students enhance their teamwork ability because it is difficult for each individual to create their own product.
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