Selected Excellent Works of the National Undergraduate Embedded System Competition (2002): 2002

Author: Organizing Committee of National College Students Embedded System Competition
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The National College Students Electronic Design Competition, under the joint advocacy and strong support of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education and the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Information Industry, has been successfully held for five editions (every two years) since 1994. It has received the attention and active response of most higher education institutions across the country with electronic and information-related majors, and its scale and influence have been continuously expanding, making it one of the most successful and widely recognized university subject competitions in practice. Building on this foundation, the Shanghai Division of the National College Students Electronic Design Competition and Intel Corporation planned an Embedded System Special Competition. This idea was strongly supported by the National Competition Organizing Committee and leaders from the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education and the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Information Industry, and it was decided to expand it into the first national university-level Embedded System Special Competition for selected higher education institutions. This special competition was organized by the Organizing Committee of the National College Students Electronic Design Competition, co-organized by the Shanghai Division Organizing Committee of the National College Students Electronic Design Competition and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and co-sponsored by Intel (China) Limited. It also received support from ARM (China), the Microsoft Asia Research Institute, and the Microsoft Global Technology Center Education Program. Professor Wang Yue, Director of the Organizing Committee of the National College Students Electronic Design Competition, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Honorary President of Beijing Institute of Technology, said: "The 2002 National College Students Electronic Design Competition Intel Embedded System Special Competition provided students with broader opportunities to engage with cutting-edge technologies and develop hands-on and practical skills. At the same time, embedded systems are one of the key focuses of teaching reform both domestically and internationally. The development of this special competition will promote the update, integration, and reform of teaching content in foundational courses for electronic and information-related majors, as well as the construction of curricula." Dr. Wang Wenhàn, Director of the Core Software Department (former General Manager of the Intel China Software Lab), said: "Intel PCA, launched by Intel at the end of 2000, is an open architecture specifically designed to accelerate the research, development, and deployment of next-generation wireless internet user devices. This embedded system competition aims to encourage students to develop embedded systems for multimedia and wireless connectivity applications on handheld terminals based on this architecture, truly keeping pace with advanced global technologies. At the same time, Intel China will continue to actively participate in and support China's education sector. This special competition will be integrated with Intel's academic relationship program in higher education in China, further strengthening the academic ties between Intel and key domestic universities and research institutions to support their work in admissions, research, and market development."
The participants of this special competition are full-time undergraduate students, forming teams of three (including one pre-event instructor). A total of 28 teams from 15 institutions across six provinces and cities, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beihang University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xidian University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Wuhan University, were invited to participate.
This competition differs from previous formats by selecting "embedded systems," which are increasingly widely used in fields such as electronics, communications, and signal processing, as the competition topic. It uses the industry-leading Intel StrongARM SA-1110 processor and adopts a "training before competition" and open competition model, closely aligning the National College Students Electronic Design Competition with teaching and practical projects. This approach aims to enhance students' hands-on and engineering practical skills, promote the update, integration, and reform of teaching content in foundational courses for electronic and information-related majors, and advance curriculum development.
The competition topic did not have a fixed question, no ready-made answers, or unified standards, allowing for free imagination and design. The key was that the submitted works could be practically applied and had real-world significance, thereby fostering students' innovative awareness, innovative capabilities, and sensitivity to societal needs.
With strong financial support from Intel, Shanghai Jiao Tong University independently designed and developed the JingWei () board as the competition's development platform. It is an experimental development board based on the Intel SA-1110 chip, implementing almost all functions of a high-performance handheld computer, while also adding more interfaces and peripherals. As a circuit designed for experimental development, it considered not only device performance but also the testability and scalability of the circuit.
After a week of closed training and three months of effort, each participating team completed its competition entry, which included both hardware and software components, covering a wide range of applications and demonstrating the development prospects of embedded systems in wireless communications, intelligent control, multimedia demonstrations, and other fields.
In response to the strong demand from faculty and students across various universities, the Organizing Committee of the National College Students Embedded System Special Competition decided to publish the "Selected Works of the National College Students Embedded System Special Competition (2002)." The book includes winning entries from the first National College Students Embedded System Special Competition (2002). Before publication, the authors were required to revise the manuscripts, focusing on both scientific accuracy and writing quality, while remaining faithful to the original design. The Organizing Committee hired relevant experts to complete the peer review in August 2003.
Since the book reflects the design work completed by students within a limited time, these works are not perfect and have shortcomings in both scientific accuracy and writing standards, with noticeable gaps. The editors hope that students reading this book will learn from the strengths of the manuscripts while independently thinking about their weaknesses, which will also contribute to the cultivation of their abilities and qualities.