International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC 2024)

The International Future Energy Challenge is an annual undergraduate student competition in the design of power electronic systems.

For IFEC 2024, students will compete to build an audio amplifier with excellent audio quality, efficiency, and density. The final competition will be held at the University of Texas at Austin in July 2024.

Complimentary Software

MathWorks provides complimentary software for this competition. If your team is participating in this competition and needs software, fill out the software request form.

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Competition Resources

General Resources

Amplifiers

Switching audio amplifiers

Delta Sigma Modulator block

Measuring Audio Amplifiers with MATLAB

Mixed-Signal Blockset

Video

Signal Processing with MATLAB and Simulink

Active Noise Cancellation – From Modeling to Real-Time Prototyping

Switch mode power supply (21:46)

Measuring Audio Amplifiers with MATLAB - Setting Up Systems (15:27)

Measuring Audio Amplifiers with MATLAB - System Calibration (18:06)

Measuring Audio Amplifiers with MATLAB - Measuring Performance Metrics (16:56)

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