[ // Bengaluru · 22 June – 22 July 2026 ]

Build something wild.
Win your July
PG rent.

What is Hydron?

Hydron is an AI coding assistant built for embedded engineers. Set up your board, start coding, and flash away in minutes.

What's all the hype?

Hydron gives you a chance to win your rent by participating in this challenge. Open to engineers based in Bengaluru. 30 days. Get your board off the shelf — challenge opens 22nd June, closes 22nd July. Results announced 24th July.

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[ Challenge closes 22 July 2026 · 23:59 IST ]

Sign up to enter →

[ // three ways to win your July rent ]

[ Prize pool ]
🎲 With Sheer luck
Your July rent
Up to ₹25,000
Sign up on Hydron, fill the Google form, and you're in. One engineer drawn at random. No reel required.
⚡ With Your Big Idea
Your July rent
Up to ₹25,000
Build something with Hydron and enter the challenge. Hydron jury picks the most innovative use case.
📈 With your social influence
Your July rent
Up to ₹25,000
Post a Reel with #codeforrent. Get people to watch and like it. Highest view count wins.
Steps
01Sign up — free account at hydron.sh. Keep your board handy.
02Follow Hydron on LinkedIn — [HYDRON_LI_HANDLE]. Updates and winner announcements go out there first.
03Fill the Google form — enter the lottery and try your luck.
Your current odds
250
engineers entered so far
1 in 250 chance of winning
* The lottery kicks in at 250 submissions.
Steps
01Sign up — free account at hydron.sh. Keep your board handy.
02Follow Hydron on LinkedIn — [HYDRON_LI_HANDLE].
03Build something creative — any board, any peripheral. Originality is the only brief.
04Record yourself doing it — you + the board + Hydron in action. Reel format only.
05Fill the Google form — submit your Reel link for the jury pick.
Ideas that would impress the jury
📡
Sensor fusion
on nRF5340
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🤖
Servo control
on STM32
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💡
BLE mesh
on ESP32-S3
[ reel placeholder ]
Steps
01Sign up — free account at hydron.sh. Keep your board handy.
02Follow Hydron on LinkedIn — [HYDRON_LI_HANDLE].
03Build something creative — any board, any peripheral. Use Hydron to write, flash, or debug.
04Record yourself doing it — Reel format only. Show the build process, not just the result.
05Post the Reel — tag @hydron.h2loop and use #codeforrent.
06Get your circle to watch it — organic Reel views only. No paid ads, no bots.
07Fill the Google form — submit your Reel link to be tracked on the leaderboard.
Live leaderboard
Live rankings · #codeforrent Live
# Reel Engineer Views
1
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@aravind_emb
Bengaluru
 48,201
2
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@priya_hw
Bengaluru
 31,540
3
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@nordic_nerd
Bengaluru
 19,887
4
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@rahul_iot
Bengaluru
 14,302
5
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@deepa_uav
Bengaluru
 9,140
Last synced · 4 min ago
By submitting a Reel, you grant Hydron a perpetual, royalty-free licence to use your content for any purpose.

[ // rules ]

[ Terms of participation ]
✓Open to engineers based in Bengaluru only. Winners must provide proof of Bengaluru PG rent.
✓One submission per engineer. You can enter all three tracks.
✓Hydron must appear visibly in the video — the tool, not just the output.
✓Organic reach only. No paid ads, no bot views, no X Business accounts.
✓Prize is up to ₹25,000 or one month's actual rent, whichever is lower. Paid directly to landlord or reimbursed on proof of payment.
✓By submitting a Reel, you grant Hydron a perpetual, royalty-free licence to use your content for any purpose.
✓Three independent winners. One engineer cannot win more than one prize.
✓Challenge closes 22nd July 2026. Winners announced 24th July.

[ // supported boards ]

[ 500+ boards pre-indexed · for example: ]
STM32F4STM32U5STM32H7 ESP32ESP32-S3ESP32-C3 nRF5340nRF52840 RP2040Raspberry Pi 5 Arduino UnoArduino Nano Teensy 4.1SAMD21 PIC32MSP430 + 480 more →
[ Note ]

Hydron reserves the right to disqualify submissions that violate reach integrity guidelines. Leaderboard is indicative — final reach winner determined at close of challenge. Jury pick is at Hydron team's sole discretion.