Embedded Systems and IoT Roadmap

From electronics basics to firmware and connected devices, with projects you can show recruiters.

7 milestones · ~195 hours total

1. 1

   Electronics basics

   ~20h

   Voltage, current, resistors, LEDs, breadboards, reading a datasheet.

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2. 2

   C for microcontrollers

   ~30h

   Bits, registers, volatile, interrupts and timers on an Arduino or ESP32.

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3. 3

   Sensors and actuators

   ~25h

   Read sensors with ADC, drive motors with PWM, debounce buttons.

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4. 4

   Communication protocols

   ~25h

   UART, I2C and SPI with real devices; Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi.

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5. 5

   IoT and the cloud

   ~30h

   MQTT, HTTP APIs, sending sensor data to a dashboard, device security.

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6. 6

   RTOS and low power

   ~25h

   Tasks, queues, priority inversion, deep sleep and watchdogs.

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7. 7

   Build and show a project

   ~40h

   A weather station or smart plant monitor with a write-up and photos.

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