The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society is running an annual worldwide competition challenging high school and post-secondary students to compete for HUGE CASH PRIZES!

To enable students from ALL backgrounds to explore and fall in love with the field of electronics!

Tools  •  Lessons  •  Motivation

Courage to take the first step!

1. Join it: Take this journey solo, or bring your friends along for the ride! Register your team of up to three students.
2. Get it: Do you not yet own an Arduino? Navigate to our Kits tab to pick up a starter pack. Too expensive? Request your FREE starter kit here! (while supplies last)
3. Learn it: Navigate to our Tutorials page and become an expert Arduino-nian with our free five-minute tutorials! No experience required!
4. Think it: Create an Arduino-based project based on this season’s theme.  We choose a new theme every season!
5. Build it: Make your idea come to life. Make sure to stick to the allowed components list!
6. Show it: Submit your project by uploading a 3-minute video before the deadline. Log in and navigate to our Submission page to upload your three-minute video!
7. Win it: Win HUGE cash prizes and WORLDWIDE recognition! Navigate to our Winners page to find the list of awards and pay tribute to our past winners!