Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices

EIT Digital

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What will you learn?
Embedded Systems are so ubiquitous that some of us take them for granted: we find them in smartphones, GPS systems, airplanes and so on. But have you ever wondered how these devices actually work? If so, you're in the right place! 

In this course, you'll learn about the characteristics of embedded systems: the possibilities, dangers, complications and recipes for success. We'll discuss all of this in the framework of a flourishing embedded systems field: the Internet of Things, where billions of intercommunicating devices could enable unprecedented, innovative products and services. If you'd like to learn how to create similarly innovative products, then this is the course for you!

At the end of the course, you'll be able to:
- make the right choice for your own project when it comes to the target market, parallel executions, time and the lifecycle of your system
- hack, avoid failure and promote success 
- decide whether to buy or to build components
- how to assemble a good team
- install case tools
- learn how to work with SysML

This is an introductory course. Check out our more advanced course Architecting Smart IoT Devices soon if you want to go beyond the basics!

Learner Career Outcomes

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Beginner Level

Approx. 17 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, English, Spanish

Instructor

Instructor rating

4.31/5 (21 Ratings)

Martin Timmerman

Prof Dr

Royal Military Academy Brussels - Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB-ETRO) - Dedicated Systems Experts NV/SA (CEO)

29,134 Learners

2 Courses

Learner Career Outcomes

50%

started a new career after completing these courses

33%

got a tangible career benefit from this course

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Beginner Level

Approx. 17 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, English, Spanish

Offered by

EIT Digital

EIT Digital is a pan-European organization whose mission is to foster digital technology innovation and entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and quality of life. By linking education, research and business, EIT Digital empowers digital top talents for the future.

EIT Digital provides online and blended Innovation and Entrepreneurship education to raise quality, increase diversity and availability of the top-level content provided by 20 leading technical universities around Europe. The universities deliver a unique blend of the best of technical excellence and entrepreneurial skills and mindset to digital engineers and entrepreneurs at all stages of their careers. The academic partners support Coursera’s bold vision to enable anyone, anywhere, to transform their lives by accessing the world’s best learning experience. This means that EIT Digital gradually shares parts of its entrepreneurial and academic education programmes to demonstrate its excellence and make it accessible to a much wider audience. EIT Digital’s online education portfolio can be used as part of blended education settings, in both Master and Doctorate programmes, and for professionals as a way to update their knowledge. EIT Digital offers an online programme in 'Internet of Things through Embedded Systems'. Achieving all certificates of the online courses and the specialization provides an opportunity to enroll in the on campus program and get a double degree. Please visit https://www.eitdigital.eu/eit-digital-academy/

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

5 hours to complete

What are Embedded Systems?

This first module will define what embedded systems are by looking at the most important EmS market areas and different characteristics of EmS. Furthermore we will talk about dealing with multiple events at the same time, the importance of world time, and the duration of an EmS lifecycle.

5 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 41 min), 14 readings, 4 quizzes

7 videos

Course introduction2m

Welcome to Module1!2m

Market6m

EmS Characteristics7m

Parallel Executions5m

Time9m

System Lifecycle7m

14 readings

Welcome to Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices!10m

History Of Embedded Systems10m

Today's Embedded Systems' Markets10m

What is a real-time system?10m

Shannon's Principle10m

COTS10m

Parallel - Concurrent - Multithreading10m

Tightly versus Loosely Coupled10m

Time Definitions10m

Time on our Planet10m

Electronic time references10m

Babylon? Methodology, method, model, framework, approach, paradigm10m

The phases in the process or methodology10m

Simulation, virtual reality and automatic code generation10m

4 practice exercises

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Market web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the EmS Characteristics web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Parallel Executions web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Time web tour!30m

Week

Week 2

6 hours to complete

Problems and Failures

In this module we will be tackling the problems of existing embedded systems and system hackings, the failure of systems and how we can make these systems more successful, the influence of production quantity, and the increasing EmS complexity.

6 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 38 min), 20 readings, 5 quizzes

6 videos

Welcome to Module 2!2m

Abuse8m

Failure6m

Succes Rate6m

Build or Buy?7m

Complexity7m

20 readings

Hacking and Vulnerability10m

Hacking for Beginners10m

Stuxnet10m

ATM Hacking10m

Medical device hacking10m

Ariane V failure10m

Mars Pathfinder failure10m

Embedded Systems Failure10m

Model-Based Design10m

CHAOS reports - success rates10m

Why software (and hardware) fails10m

Embedded systems risk areas10m

What is COTS?10m

Build or Buy10m

Skills needed in COTS world10m

COTS and testing10m

COTS example10m

What is SLOC?10m

Complex, smart, intelligent10m

Team Size10m

5 practice exercises

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Abuse web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Failures web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Success rate web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Build or Buy web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Complexity web tour!30m

Week

Week 3

5 hours to complete

System Life Cycle

This last module will discuss the different models to design a system lifecycle, the gathering of requirements for architectural design, and the use of structural models and modelling language.

5 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 47 min), 15 readings, 4 quizzes

6 videos

Welcome to Module 3!2m

Lifecycle Basics7m

Architectural Design8m

Model-based Design8m

Intro to SysML9m

SysML Diagrams10m

15 readings

Methodological models versus system modelling10m

Definitions on Lifecycle10m

Requirements gathering10m

Functional and non-functional requirements10m

Requirement Traceability Matrix10m

Design Patterns10m

Models: diagrams and mathematics10m

CASE TOOLS vs IDE10m

Business versus Embedded Systems Models10m

What CASE Tool? Low cost tools10m

Finding the SysML references and training10m

SysML overviews, tutorials, examples10m

Install a SysML Case tool10m

Get the book: SysML Distilled - A Brief Guide to the Systems Modeling Language10m

MagicDraw and Delligatti: how to prepare for the final quiz10m

4 practice exercises

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Lifecycle basics web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Architectural Design web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the Model-based Design web tour!30m

Take this quiz after checking all resources in the SysML Diagrams web tour!30m

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Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices