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Astra Application Challenge

Challenge

Submit Your Project & Get Featured!

This is your opportunity to build something creative and impactful using Astra. Something completely new that we haven’t thought of!

Submit your project link and have your work featured in our Official GitHub Examples repo.

🏆 We will pick 1 winner in each category and feature their project in our Examples repo Community Section!

🏆 We will also feature winner's blog in our AI Developer Blogs section.

Submission Form : Fill out Project details and GitHub URL here.


📌 How It Works

  1. Pick a Challenge: Choose one of the two exciting open-ended tasks below.
  2. Build & Innovate: Use Astra Machina Dev Board to develop your project.
  3. Submit on GitHub: Fork our Examples repo, create your project and submit your GitHub Repo link in Submission Form.
  4. Deadline: April 6, 2025
  5. Result: Top project in each task gets featured in our Examples repo and AI Developer Blogs sections.

Task 1: Leverage NPU using SyNAP for YOLO v11 model

Think beyond basic vision tasks and create real-world applications using YOLO v11 leveraging Astra NPU. Get creative with how you apply it!

Build something creative like

  • Object Count Statistics- Track number of people/items)

  • Smart Home Security - Detect unknown visitors at the door)

  • Heatmap Detection - Highlight high-activity zones)

  • AI Sports Coach – Analyze player movement for performance tracking.

🌟 Bonus Points

  • End-to-End App: Include a front-end Web UI/ App UI with real-time updates.

  • IoT Integration: Trigger events based on prediction results.


Task 2: AI Assistant with IoT Actions

Build on our existing AI Voice Assistant demo by integrating Tool Calling for IoT automation.

Build something creative like

  • Smart Home Automation – "Turn on the lights" or "Open the blinds" via voice command.

  • Automated Door Lock – Unlock doors based on voice authentication.

  • Voice-Controlled Security System – Arm/disarm home security using a passphrase.

🌟 Bonus Points

  • End-to-End App: Include a front-end Web UI/ App UI that shows real-time device status.

🎯 Submission Guidelines

  1. Fork this repo or create a new GitHub repo for your project.

  2. Add the following in your GitHub repo:

  • README.md – Explain your project, approach and setup instructions.

  • Code – Well documented & structured code

  • GIF/Demo Video – Showcase your project in action!

  1. Submit your Project details and GitHub Repo URL here.

  2. Submit by Deadline: April 6, 2025


🏆 Winner

Top 2 projects (one from each category) will be featured into our GitHub Examples Repo! We will also feature winner's blog in our AI Developer Blogs section.

Projects will be evaluated based on:

  • Creativity & Innovation – How uniquely does your project use Astra?

  • Demo & Application – A well-documented and functional demo.


📚 Additional Resources:

🔹Astra FAQ 🔹Fine-tune YOLO 11 🔹Optmize YOLO for Astra NPU 🔹Optimize any Model for Astra NPU

For any questions or Feedback on the challenge, please use Support Portal


Looking forward to your submissions! Let’s build something amazing with Astra. 🚀

Happy coding! 👨‍💻👩‍💻

Synaptics Astra Team