Winners of the Design Contest
Starting in Spring 2007, the student with the smallest code footprint for the final project of EE3176 each semester has been given an automatic A in the class and is allowed to skip the final exam in EE3376. Here - immortalized forever - are the names of these brave men and women.
Spring 2013 - Simon game with the MSP430
Luis Carlos Banuelos Chacon @ 1282 bytes
Spring 2013 - Digital lock with the MSP430
Ruben Alejandro Ortiz M. @ 1144 bytes
Adrian Melendez @ 1290 bytes
Ivan Carrasco @ 1400, and
Graciela Bribiescas @ 1696 bytes.
Jose Eguade had a big fat program but with high entertainment value. Here is a video:
Fall 2012 - Vegas Slot Machine with the MSP430
Rene Brito @ 732 bytes
Emmanuel @ 784 bytes
Alfredo Chávez-Hernandez @ 804 bytes
Professor emac @ 2800 bytes
class average around 3000 bytes
Fall 2008 - Vegas Slot Machine
Leonel Salayandia @ 840 bytes - The code is running in my office as of Dec 1 if proof needed.
Stefan Hempel @ 1158 bytes
Robert Soto @ 1176 bytes
Professor emac @ 2200 bytes
class average around 6000 bytes
Spring 2008 - Calculator
Dan Muse - 700 bytes - winner
Class average - 2500 bytes
Fall 2007 - Infrared Alarm System
Mohammed Alawneh - 700 bytes - winner
George Mendez and Jorge Sotelo are both within 200 bytes
Spring 2007 - Elevator for a 4 story building
Noel Marquez @ 382 bytes,
Professor emac@ 2750 bytes
class average around 4000 bytes