The graduate student from the department participated in the engineering hackathon SmaRTF’2023.
On December 9, the All-Ukrainian engineering hackathon SmaRTF’2023: SMART MILITARY ELECTRONICS 2.0 took place at the Faculty of Radio Engineering of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
The university team included Alexander Datsenko, a graduate student from the Department of MTS (Faculty of Infocommunication and Radio Engineering), Yevheniy Levchenko, a graduate student from the Department of MEEPP (Faculty of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering), Olga Kravchuk, a lecturer from the Department of FOET (Faculty of Opto-telecommunication and Electronic Technology), and Alexander Gnatyenko, the head of the FOET department.
Approximately 50 teams participated in the hackathon, with 8 advancing to the final stage. During the event, students from various courses presented 7 hardware projects. The team from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics secured the 5th place with the project “WarTechWizards – Drone Finder Pro.”
The “Drone Finder Pro” search device offers innovative solutions to problems related to finding lost drones. Some of its key features include:
- Activation based on scenarios such as GPS coordinates, radio signals, altitude, and battery status.
- The signal with coordinates can be sent to a radio, mobile receiver, or the included base station. The beacon also supports visual (blue and IR) and sound indication.
- Calibration and status check: Support for accelerometer and barometer calibration, as well as the ability to check GPS status, signal level, and other parameters, ensuring confidence that the Drone Finder Pro will accurately perform the assigned task.
The system is built on the ARM architecture and consists of three parts: the beacon, the base station, and the mobile application.
Representatives from the business and partners included Renesas, Octava Defence, T-Spark, Epam, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
