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TRON Programming Contest

TRON Programming Contest

Registration

News

2024.03.28 The schedule only for overseas applicants has been changed.
2024.01.11 Announcement of TRON Programming Contest Briefing Webinar
2023.12.26  The deadlines for the entry and submission periods have been extended to encouragestudents who will take advantage of long recess to participate in the contest.

What are called for:

Programs in the fields of applications, middleware, development environment, and tools using "µT-Kernel 3.0," the world standard TRON real-time OS (RTOS) and the latest microprocessor boards provided by four major microprocessor manufacturers. Contestants will compete in technologies that bring out the characteristics of RTOSs, such as real-time performance, power savings, and small footprint, as well as development environments, tools, etc. that take advantage of new technologies.

Entrants who have been selected will be given the latest microprocessor boards with μT-Kernel 3.0 from cooperating companies after the first screening.

Details of the contest such as entry requirements are on the contest entry site.

Details

OrganizeTRON Forum
Special CooperationInfineon Technologies Japan
STMicroelectronics K.K.
NXP Semiconductors
Renesas Electronics Corporation
Technology Co-sponsorshipIEEE Consumer Technology Society West Japan Joint Chapter
CooperationINIAD collaboration Hub for University and Business (cHUB), Toyo University
Japan Embedded Systems Technology Association
Ubiquitous Computing Technology Corporation
Personal Media Corporation

Schedule

The following revised schedule applies only to applicants residing outside of Japan.

  • Entry period: Monday, December 11, 2023 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
  • Program Plan submission period: After entry - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
  • Notification of the initial screening result: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - Friday, May 17, 2024
  • Program submission period: Saturday, May 18, 2024 – Monday, September 30, 2024
  • Awards ceremony: November 2024 (TBD)

Judge

Judging meeting will be held by the following judges.

Chief Judge
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Ken Sakamura
Chair of TRON Forum, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo
Judges
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Takashi Goto
Infineon Technologies Japan K.K.

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Paolo Oteri
Director, Microcontrollers & Digital ICs Group, Asia Pacific excluding China, STMicroelectronics K.K.  

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Koji Oshima
Senior Director, Regional Marketing, Global Sales Japan, NXP Japan Ltd.   

hattori
Takahiro Hattori
Embedded Processing 1st Business Division Senir Director


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Akira Matsui
Chair of T3/IoT WG, TRON Forum / President, Personal Media Corporation

Prizes

Total amount of prizes will be five million Japanese YEN.

  • There will be a Grand Prize, Excellence Awards, and Special Awards for each category.

Eligibility

  • Only those who agree to the Application Rules.
  • Any party including individuals, groups and corporations.
  • There is no restriction on nationality, age, resident area, etc. Minor applicants shall obtain the permission of the guardian.

Entry requirements

  •  Details on entry requirements and application procedures will be announced on the contest website.

Registration

Microprocessors to be used for TRON Programming Contest

Microprocessor manufacturers and providersMicroprocessorCPU coreEvaluation board

Infineon Technologies Japan

XMC7200

Arm® Cortex®-M7

KIT_XMC72_EVK

inf

STMicroelectronics K.K.

STM32H723

Arm® Cortex®-M7

Nucleo-H723ZG

nu

NXP Semiconductors

MCX N94x

Arm® Cortex®-M33

FRDM-MCXN947

NXP FRDM-MCXN947

Renesas Electronics Corporation

RA8M1

Arm® Cortex®-M85

EK-RA8M1

ek-ra8m1-kit_0

Personal Media Corporation

micro:bit (Nordic nRF52833)

Cortex-M4

micro:bit

micro

※ Ten microprocessors of each type, 50 in total, are available. The entrants, who will be given microprocessor boards, will be selected after the first screening and the review of the Program content.


TRON programming contest session video

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