ST마이크로일렉트로닉스의 STM32 보드를 이용한 ‘STM32 Quest: 2024 University Developer Contest(GFX & Wireless)’가 수상자 선정을 끝으로 성대한 막을 내렸다. 이번 컨테스트를 통해 ST는 미래 개발 꿈나무 육성의 일익을 담당하며, 자사의 사용자 친환경 개발 환경을 뽐냈다. 그 중 최종 우승은 이화여자대학교의 김예린, 한사랑, 김연서 학생의 ‘Farm-Buddy’ 팀이 차지했고, 2위는 한양대학교 CRACKER팀이 차지했다. 3위는 조선대학교, 경북대학교 연합으로 한유석, 김해창, 김민혁 학생으로 구성된 Rim2S가 차지했다.
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▲ST officials and winners pose for a commemorative photo immediately after the STM32 Quest award ceremony.
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STMicroelectronics has contributed to fostering future developers who will lead the electronics industry by allowing domestic college students to experience the development process firsthand and realize creative ideas through a creative assignment contest using its STM32 board.
ST recently announced that the 'STM32 Quest: 2024 University Developer Contest (GFX & Wireless),' which was held for university students from July 1 to December 4, has come to a grand close with the selection of winners.
'STM32 Quest' is a competition stage where embedded system developers can experience STM32's convenient development environment and rich hardware/software ecosystem and freely express their creative ideas.
In 2024, it was specifically targeted at college students rather than current developers, and played a role in fostering future developers.
The event presented four quests related to STM32 TouchGFX and Wireless.
reallyTeams must complete quests that meet the passing conditions, and only teams that passed the previous quest could challenge the next quest.
During the quest, the STM32WB55 board was supported to help applicants develop easily, and the TouchGFX solution allowed them to learn how to implement graphical UI.
In particular, during this process, ST experts provided 1:1 coaching and helped students realize their creative ideas.
A total of 117 teams participated in the event, and in the final Quest 4, 11 carefully selected teams competed in the final.

▲The 'Farm-Buddy' team of Ewha Womans University students Kim Ye-rin, Han Sa-rang, and Kim Yeon-seo, who won the final prize
Among them, the final winner was the 'Farm-Buddy' team of Ewha Womans University students Kim Ye-rin, Han Sa-rang, and Kim Yeon-seo. The Farm-Buddy team developed a smart farm system that automatically turns on the lights when it gets dark and waters the plants at a set amount.
As for his thoughts on winning, he said, “The most difficult part was combining the ADC function that receives multiple sensor data and the BLE function, but ST provided a board and provided 1:1 advice from an expert, which allowed me to successfully complete the work,” and expressed his gratitude to ST.

▲Hanyang University CRACKER team's Kwon Hyeon-ho, who won second place
2nd place went to the CRACKER team, consisting of Kwon Hyun-ho, Kim Eui-yeon, and Han Eui-jin from Hanyang University. CRACKER is a creative writing club of Hanyang University’s Erica, and is comprised of approximately 300 students. The CRACKER team has developed an EV charger capable of autonomous driving.
CRACKER said, “I have a lot of interest in electric vehicles and knew that ST boards are also used in EV chargers. I participated in this contest because I thought it would help me improve my development capabilities for future electric vehicle-related development.” He added, “I think it was a good experience just to have utilized ST32, and it became an opportunity to solidify my dream of becoming an embedded software developer in the future.”

▲Rims2S students Han Yu-seok and Kim Hae-chang, who took 3rd place
Third place went to Rim2S, a joint team of Chosun University and Kyungpook National University, consisting of students Han Yu-seok, Kim Hae-chang, and Kim Min-hyeok. Rim2S has created a system that can remotely control and monitor aging equipment, such as injection molding machines in old factories.
Rim2S said that it was not easy to obtain IC information during the process of directly analyzing the circuit of an old injection molding machine that was over 40 years old, so they changed the direction of the project to directly send dummy data and completed the results. He mentioned that this process provided an opportunity to increase development capabilities using STM32.
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▲ST’s (from left) Vice President Lee Jun-ho, Director Choi Kyung-hwa, and Manager Alexandre Renou, who hosted this event
“Through this opportunity, we have demonstrated that TouchGFX, a convenient and powerful graphical UI solution, and STM32WB with Bluetooth technology can be widely used in a wide range of applications from industrial equipment to home appliances,” said ST’s Vice President Lee Jun-ho and Manager Alexandre Renou, who participated as mentors for this event. “Attendees were able to easily access and utilize the STM32Cube ecosystem through webinars, video materials, and four-step quests and missions.”
He also said, “Following 2023, we can see a bright future for domestic developers in 2024 with novel projects emerging,” and “Even if there are no opportunities like this in the future, I hope that any developer will always be able to experience ST’s user-friendly yet powerful development environment and the latest technologies in UI and wireless connectivity.”
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▲STM32 Quest: 2024 University Developer Contest (GFX & Wireless) winners