In this course, you'll continue developing your IoT skills by communicating using wired devices, wireless devices, and Internet protocols. You'll also process IoT device input/output, process data in the cloud, and provide machine-to-machine (M2M) communication.
Internet of Things: Connectivity and Data Intelligence
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Internet of Things: Connectivity and Data Intelligence
This course is part of Internet of Things (IoT) Practitioner (Exam ITP-110) Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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8 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
In this course, you will communicate with an IoT device over a network and process sensor input and control an actuator in an IoT device.
Skills you'll gain
- Cloud Services
- Electrical Equipment
- Electrical Power
- Electrical Wiring
- General Networking
- Communication Systems
- Internet Of Things
- Electric Power Systems
- Power Electronics
- Cloud Solutions
- Telecommunications
- Wireless Networks
- Network Protocols
- PIC Microcontrollers
- Restful API
- Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
- Microarchitecture
- TCP/IP
- Cloud Storage
- Basic Electrical Systems
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December 2025
Assessments
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Taught in English
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This course is part of the Internet of Things (IoT) Practitioner (Exam ITP-110) Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course
You have set up an Internet of Things (IoT) device that can operate on its own power and connect with other devices over the Internet, but it's still missing a few ingredients commonly found in the Internet of Things. In this lesson, you'll give your device the ability to communicate over various types of connections.
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An important design consideration for Internet of Things (IoT) is how to distribute the processing tasks involved in acquiring, aggregating, filtering, and analyzing data. Some tasks should be performed directly on the IoT devices that acquire data from sensors. Other tasks may be delegated to a local IoT gateway or cloud services.
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You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
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