🤖📘 Embedded Systems – Course Outline

🟢 Module 1: Introduction to Embedded Systems

• 🔌 What is an embedded system?
  
  

• 🛠️ Real-world applications (IoT, robotics, automotive, medical devices)
  
  

• 🧠 Microcontroller vs Microprocessor
  
  

• 📦 Hardware + Software ecosystem

🟠 Module 2: Basics of Microcontrollers

• 🖥️ Introduction to popular MCUs (Arduino, ESP32, STM32, PIC, AVR)
  
  

• ⚡ CPU, RAM, Flash, Peripherals overview
  
  

• 📐 Pinout diagrams & datasheet reading
  
  

• 🔋 Power supply requirements

🔵 Module 3: Programming Fundamentals

• 💻 Introduction to C / C++ for embedded
  
  

• 🔗 I/O operations (digitalRead, digitalWrite, analogRead)
  
  

• ⏱️ Timers, delays, interrupts
  
  

• 🔄 UART, SPI, I2C basics

🟣 Module 4: Sensors & Actuators

• 🌡️ Interfacing sensors (Temperature, Humidity, IR, Ultrasonic)
  
  

• 💡 Interfacing actuators (LED, Motor, Relay, Servo)
  
  

• 🔊 Buzzers, LCDs, 7-Segment displays
  
  

• 🛡️ Best practices in sensor calibration

🟡 Module 5: Communication Protocols

• 🔌 UART, SPI, I2C deep dive
  
  

• 📶 Wireless protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, LoRa)
  
  

• 🌐 IoT basics (MQTT, HTTP, APIs)
  
  

• 🔒 Data security in communication

🔴 Module 6: Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)

• ⏳ Why RTOS?
  
  

• 📂 Task scheduling & multitasking
  
  

• 🔗 FreeRTOS basics with ESP32 / STM32
  
  

• ⚡ Synchronization (mutex, semaphores, queues)

🟢 Module 7: Embedded Software Development

• 📝 Embedded C coding practices
  
  

• 🐞 Debugging tools (Serial Monitor, JTAG, SWD)
  
  

• 🛡️ Error handling & memory management
  
  

• ⚙️ Compiler, linker, libraries

🟠 Module 8: Project Development

• 🛠️ Building small projects (LED blink, motor control, sensor interface)
  
  

• 🌐 IoT project (Temperature data to cloud)
  
  

• 🔋 Low power design (sleep modes, battery optimization)
  
  

• 🚀 Final mini-project

🔵 Module 9: Industry Applications & Careers

• 🚗 Embedded systems in automotive (ECU, ABS, EVs)
  
  

• 📡 IoT devices (smart home, wearables)
  
  

• 🏭 Industrial automation & robotics
  
  

• 👨‍💻 Career opportunities in embedded