Creato 2023 - DERBI Foundation

Open Source
Product Development Platform

About Creato

To imbibe an innovation culture and facilitate more deep tech healthcare startups in India, DERBI Foundation is conceptualizing an open-source product development platform. The platform features a cohort-based collaborative product development approach. The platform will host startups who will collaborate to develop an open-source product by offering fellowships and internships and also leveraging know-how from enterprises. Startups can further innovate on use cases and innovate further to launch products.

The first product from the portfolio will be an open-source VIS-NIR Spectrometer. We invite innovators/startups to participate in the product development, bringing their use cases. To select startups, fellows and interns who will be working on the product development, DERBI Foundation is hosting a hackathon.

Hackathon

To pick hustlers

The best way to learn engineering is through experiential learning
Working along with an experienced startup founder will get you exposure on how products are built
You get to work in a team and learn to use agile product development methodologies and collaborative tools
You get to publish your work in github/huckster.io or hackaday
We need people with the right attitude to co-develop products

Hackathon Day

Date : August 10
Time : 9 to 5 pm

Hackathon Topics

Topic #1:

The electronic enthusiast

Design and demonstrate a hardware for signal generator/arbitrary function generator

Configurable parameters (Frequency, type etc)
More functions the merrier
Demonstration using an oscilloscope
Selection based on design and versatility

Topic #2:

The Embedded Super Hero ADC Throughput challenge

Design and develop a code which demonstrates the maximum through put achieved by an ADC (use any microcontroller board of your choice)
The acquired samples should be transferred to host PC through UART or USB
Input sample will be fed from a function generator
The program should send data for say a configurable time (10 seconds) and the data acquired on PC from the embedded system should be plotted in excel/matlab/python/octave to demonstrate the data throughput and also the data validity

Topic #3:

Genius Visualiser: Oscilloscope Data Visualisation

The data collected from USB/UART needs to be plotted through a PC application to visualise the signals

Can use a file-based system. Pre-recorded data files which have sine/square waves etc in CSV format
can be opened and displayed
More points to those who can make a real time GUI with data collected from a simulator running on
another PC generating signals and transmitting over serial port

Topic #4:

UX/Mechanical wizard

All in one device: Oscilloscope, function generator, power supply

Visualise a device which has functionalities of oscilloscope, function generator and power supply
Model the device and demonstrate UX rendering
Design the user interface

Topic #5:

Product Manager Maestro

Open-Source Oscilloscope
Open-Source Power Supply
Function Generator
Product positioning, competition analysis, USP and pricing
Present product pitch during hackathon

Program Objectives

Kindle innovations through cohort-based open-source product development
Selected 3 Startups/Innovators Interns (3 groups of students) by giving access to an open-source IP that can be productized

Who Can Participate?

Graduated students in Bachelor/Masters of Engineering
Internships: Final year students in Bachelor/Master of Engineering
Innovators/startups with a use case

Program Benefits

Exciting winner prize money
Internship opportunities with Startups and Corporates.
Access to lab
Be a part of product development

Program Mentors

Name
Mr. Avinash N Bhat
Mr. Tony Francis
Dr. Anish Bekal
Mr. Sathya Sankaran
Mr. Vybhav Nag

NIDHI PRAYAS

Open Source Product Development Platform