About this Program

The fastest-growing area in embedded systems design is the Internet of Things (IoT) — smart devices and physical objects with built-in sensors, equipped to exchange data across cloud computing networks. From home and health to agriculture and business, there are countless ways to boost productivity, safety and efficiency using real-time data from IoT-enabled objects. And, there’s constant demand for engineers with the IoT experience to build them.

In this one-course specialization, you’ll develop your own IoT application. You’ll learn key aspects of the IP-based networking stack and how to solve common problems in embedded systems design. You’ll get hands-on practice with hardware, server platforms and cloud computing as you work toward building a simple yet functional device, embedded with IoT-ready features.

Designed For

Engineers with software development, full-stack or network experience; technical product managers who want practical experience with embedded and IoT technologies; and tech hobbyists who want to create IoT hardware.

Those who want to learn more about embedded products might consider the Certificate in Embedded & Real-Time Systems Programming.

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Skills You’ll Gain

• Building an embedded device
• Cloud computing
• Integrated development environments
• Terraform
• Low-level networking (LTE, TCP/IP, SSL)
• Application layer protocols (HTTP & MQTT)
• Real-time operating systems (RTOS)
• Transport layer security (TLS)

Get Real-World Experience

• Use a development kit to design and deploy an IoT application on an edge device
• Understand the IoT design process and learn to use industry libraries, frameworks and tools, including Terraform
• Practice configuring back-end infrastructure, implementing over-the-air (OTA) updates, and debugging and diagnosing connectivity problems

EARN A DIGITAL BADGE

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