Week #1 #

Project description #

Project name: Verilog contest system #

Code repository: https://github.com/IU-Capstone-Project-2025/verilog-contest

A contest platform for practicing digital design using hardware description languages, allowing students to solve problems by writing and testing code in a sandboxed environment with automated verification.

Team Members #

Brainstorming #

Ideas during brainstorming #

1. Verilog contest system is a simple contest system where students solve Verilog problems in a sandboxed environment with auto-grading.

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Problem validation for verilog contest system #

The problem:

• Students need better tools to practice Verilog
• Teachers need an automatic checking for assignments
• Companies need tests for job candidates
• Current tools don’t have contest features for Verilog practice
• Verilog is hard to learn without practice

Basic requirements #

Target users and their primary needs #

• Students: Practice problems, instant feedback
• Teachers: Create contests, see results
• HR: Test job candidates, has teacher’s features
• Admins: Manage the system

User stories #

• As an Instructor, I want to upload Verilog tasks and associated testbenches so participants can submit and validate their designs.

• As a Student, I want to see simulation results and logs immediately after submission to debug my code.

• As an HR Specialist, I want to export contest results to compare candidate performance.

Initial scope #

• User accounts with roles
• Create and run contests
• Submit and check Verilog code
• View results and scores
• Basic leaderboard

Tech-stack #

Something else you want to add #

• Specifications: https://github.com/IU-Capstone-Project-2025/verilog-contest/blob/main/docs/specifications.md

• List of links related to the project: https://github.com/IU-Capstone-Project-2025/verilog-contest/blob/main/docs/related-materials.md

• User flow: https://github.com/IU-Capstone-Project-2025/verilog-contest/blob/main/docs/user-flow.png

Weekly commitments #

Individual contribution of each participant #

Confirmation of the code’s operability #

We confirm that the code in the main branch:

• In working condition.
• Run via docker-compose.