Can I use third-party commercial software, third party commercial boards or Microchip development systems with my contest entry?
You may use such items as long as you clearly identify them and everything you include in your project documentation and software is allowed in the third-party license. The “ownership” and “original development” language in the rules as it pertains to your contest entry does not apply to this third-party material. The third-party board must allow you to program the eligible MCU at an assembly-language level. For example, it is acceptable if the board can be programmed in C or with a BASIC compiler. However, it is not acceptable if the board is an end-use configuration such as a PLC that can only be programmed in ladder-logic.
