Internet of Things (IoT)

1. Part 1: Introduction to Embedded Systems and the Internet of Things

○ Introduction to the basic knowledge of embedded systems and the Internet of Things (IoT)

○ IoT paradigm, smart objects, convergence of technology, emerging technologies.

2. Part 2: Sensor Integration and Actuator Control

○ Introduction to transducers (sensor and actuator)

○ Basic building block of transducers

○ Transducer application area

○ Selection of transducers

○ Actuator types and actuator controls.

3. Part 3: Device Interfacing to Analog and Digital Systems

○ Introduction analog and digital systems

○ Signal conditioning and interfacing to analog and digital systems

○ Signal conversion

○ ADC and DAC.

4. Part 4: External Hardware Interfaces, Port Control and Communication

○ Introduction to systems interfacing

○ GPIO port, analog and digital port, SPI interface, I2C interface, serial communication, camera and display interfaces.

5. Part 5: Network Communication and Data Management

○ Introduction to communication protocol in IoT ecosystem

○ Networking and network communication

○ Network protocols and communication protocols

○ Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication.

6. Part 6: Integration to Remote Systems, Cloud Server & Fog Architecture

○ Introduction to cloud computing and fog architecture

○ Data payload to remote server

○ Data management

○ MQTT, ReST, CoAP protocols

○ Data visualization

○ Control mechanism to remote actuator.

7. Part 7: IoT Reliability, Security & Privacy

○ Fault tolerant architecture, failure detection and prevention

○ Ethical approach in IoT architecture

○ IoT security overview, challenges and mechanism

○ IoT security framework

○ Privacy control in IoT networks.