Embedded Systems & IoT
An introductory project track covering bare-metal C, ARM Cortex-M, RTOS scheduling, peripheral drivers, and MQTT telemetry.
A real sequence, not a playlist
Six numbered weeks. Every week ends in a deliverable a reviewer actually checks — plan roughly twenty focused hours per week.
Course workspace: 23 lessons · 11 reads · 6 checkpoints · 6 reviewed builds
- 01~20h effort
Week 1 · Toolchain & Bare-Metal Foundations
- —ARM Cortex-M architecture and memory map
- —GCC cross-toolchain, linker scripts, startup code
- —GPIO, clocks, and datasheet reading discipline
Deliverable: Blinky + UART echo firmware on target MCU
- 02~20h effort
Week 2 · Peripherals: SPI, I2C & Sensing
- —SPI and I2C protocol analysis with logic analyzer
- —Sensor drivers: temperature, IMU, ADC sampling
- —Interrupt-driven acquisition and ring buffers
Deliverable: Multi-sensor driver library with test logs
- 03~20h effort
Week 3 · RTOS Scheduling & Concurrency
- —FreeRTOS tasks, queues, semaphores
- —Deterministic timing and watchdog supervision
- —Power-aware scheduling for battery nodes
Deliverable: RTOS sensor hub with timing report
- 04~20h effort
Week 4 · Connectivity: MQTT Telemetry
- —Wi-Fi provisioning and TLS device identity
- —MQTT topics, QoS, and offline buffering
- —Cloud dashboard wiring and payload schemas
Deliverable: Live telemetry stream to cohort dashboard
- 05~20h effort
Week 5 · Capstone Build: Sensing Node
- —Enclosure, power budgeting, field calibration
- —Stability-testing methods and documentation
- —Failure-mode analysis and documentation
Deliverable: Capstone build notes and test log
- 06~20h effort
Week 6 · Final Project Review
- —Project reflection on firmware and hardware decisions
- —Completion review against the published rubric
- —Training-completion record when requirements are met
Deliverable: Final project submission
What you actually build
No copy-paste tutorials or toy repos. Every enrolled student submits a production-grade portfolio project evaluated against an industry rubric.
Smart Environmental Monitoring Node & Telemetry Hub
Industrial-grade sensor node built with bare-metal C, FreeRTOS multi-threading, and MQTT Wi-Fi streaming.
Portfolio Deliverables Checked by Reviewers
Checked by named reviewers
Reviewers are named at cohort start and published with the batch. They check every submission against the rubric — passing names appear on the certificate.
- Every submission checked against a published academic and technical rubric
- One fair remediation attempt if a deliverable falls short of acceptance threshold
- No certificate without passing code checks — payment never substitutes genuine review
- Cryptographic verification QR permanently linked to your individual submission records
Where ECE / EEE students take this track
Matched by branch against the BEU college directory — not an affiliation claim. Academic credit is decided by each college's T&P cell, so ask your HoD to review the syllabus before you enrol.