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Renesas Electronics Europe Announces Winners of its Second European MCU Car Rally Held at Embedded World in Nuremberg
March 2016 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Renesas Electronics Europe announced the winners of its MCU Car Rally competition for university students, which was held on February 25 at embedded world 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. Twenty-four teams from all over Europe, comprising some 120 students supported by their professors, participated in the challenge by each developing a functioning model rally car that included sensors and an RX microcontroller (MCU) from Renesas.
First past the post, with a time of 03:19.9 minutes for five full laps, was the car built by the NEUTRINO team from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Second was the VICNAS 2.0 team from the Carlos III University in Madrid, whose model completed five laps in 03:25.5 minutes. The FASTECH 1 Team from Romania’s University of Craiova came in third with a time of 03:50.9 minutes. Prizes for the winners included an iPhone 6, as well as iPad Minis and Amazon vouchers – for every team member. The time capturing system was developed by Renesas’ Platinum Partner AND Technology Research and was based on the new Renesas Synergy™ Platform.
