ACTS, Pune

PG Diploma in Internet of Things (PG-DIOT)

Course Objective & Scope:

 To utilize various Embedded Technologies related to IoT, Sensor Networks, Communication
Protocols, Cloud Computing, Accessing Resources and Services needed to perform functions
with dynamically changing needs.
 To understand the IoT privacy and Security Concepts for secured IoT environment.
 To utilize the various IoT Platforms to explore Real Time IoT Applications Areas.
 To explore Modern IoT Trends
 To undertake industrial research projects for the development of future solutions in the domain of
Data Analytics to make an impact in the technological advancement.
 To use advanced IoT Tools/ Decision-Making Tools/ Operation Research Techniques to analyze
the complex problems and get ready to develop such new techniques for the future.

Eligibility Criteria:
Graduate in Engineering or equivalent (e.g. BE / B.Tech / 4-year BSc Engg / AMIE / DoEACC B Level,
etc.) in Electronics/ Computer Science/ IT or related areas
OR
Post Graduate in Engineering Sciences (e.g. MCA, MSc in Computer Science, IT, Electronics, etc.)

Pre- Requisites:
Candidate should have sound knowledge of:
 Fundamentals of C Programming
 Basics of Operating System Concepts and Basics of Linux
 Basics of Electronics

Course Modules:

Sr. No. Module Name Hours

1. Fundamentals of IoT 40
2. Programming Technologies 100
3. Microcontrollers Programming & OS / RTOS 80
4. Embedded Linux 80
5. Sensor Networks 80
6. Communication Models & Protocols 60
7. Data Management & Analytics 90
8. Cloud Computing 30
9. Technological Aggregation & Case Studies 60
10. Mobile Application Development 80
11. Aptitude and English 50
12. Effective Communication 50
13. Project 100
Total 900

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Contents: C Language:
º Introduction to C Standards
1. Fundamentals of IoT º Programming Environment – Building Phases
(40 Hours) º GNU Tool chain, tools for development,analysis
º Layout of a C program
º Introduction to IOT º Language Basics
º Evolution of IOT, History º Internal representation of data types
º M2M and/or IOT º Qualifiers
º Applications of IOT º Operators
º Use cases of IOT º Control Structures
º Reference Architecture of IOT º Pointers & Arrays
º Things in IOT º const,volatile keywords
º IOT Functional Blocks º Functions
º Sensors & Actuators º Parameter Passing, Returning data
º Target Boards º Recursion
º IOT Servers/Cloud Platforms º Function Pointers
º Functionality º Linkage Rules
º API models º Strings
º Need for gateway/middleware solutions º Library functions
º Role of IOT gateway º Command Line Arguments
º Case Study – OpenIOT º Structures & Unions
º Case Study – LinkSmart/Hydra Middleware º Alignment, Packing Issues
º IOT Standards º Bit Fields
º IOT-A Reference Architecture º Dynamic Memory Management
º IOT-A Architecture Reference Model(ARM) º Detecting Memory Leaks,Heap analysis
º Programming for IOT º Preprocessor
º Choice of language º Enumeration Types
º Open and Closed source models º File Handling
º IOT Development Methodology º Single Linked Lists
 Requirements Gathering Stacks and Queues
 Process,domain model,information model º Searching Techniques
 IOT levels º Sorting Techniques
 Functional,Operational View Python
 Integration º Introduction to Python,Scope in IOT
º Business Models º Setting up environment
 Cost Analysis º Simple programs
 Crowd Sourcing,funding º Console I/O Operations
 Prototyping vs Production º Data Types,Variables,Literals
 Mass Production º Operators
º IOT Design Patterns for º Control Structures
 Data,Information models º Arrays
 Communication º String handling
 Infrastructure º Regular expressions,pattern matching
º Challenges in IOT º Functions
º File Handling
º Exception handling
2. Programming Technologies º Modules
(100 Hours) º Packages

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º Building custom packages º Case Study – mbed.org APIs(or Suitable APIs for
º Data Structures in Python target MCU)
º Standard Library º Peripheral management in MCUs
º Example library - os Module º Peripheral management in MCUs
º Object Oriented Python º Peripheral management in MCUs
º Dialects of pyhthon – cpython,micropython º Bus Standards
º Introduction to Nodejs,Setting up environment º CAN Basics
º Writing Simple scripts,Console I/O º Designing CAN Slave, CAN Master
º Package Management,importing libraries º Overview of Arduino Family of Boards,
º Running simple web server Architecture
º Nodejs objects,fields º Arduino Shields,Pinout
º Event handling,callbacks º Arduino SDK and APIs for peripheral management
º Error handling º Arduino Examples
º String handling º FIRMATA for peripheral management
º Buffer management º Debugging Support, Techniques
º File handling  JTAG
º Example modules(os,path etc.)  CMSIS DAP
NodeRED  OpenOCD
º Introduction to NodeRED º Introduction to RTOS
º Existing nodes,Simple flow º What is Real Time, Real Life Examples
º Importing,Exporting flows º Bare metal code vs RTOS
º Writing functions º GPOS vs RTOS
º Context management º Case Study – FreeRTOS/mbed RTOS/CMSIS RTOS
º Simple UI creation º RTOS Services
 Task Management (periodic vs aperiodic task)
 Timer Management (auto reload vs oneshot
3. Microcontrollers Programming & OS / RTOS mode timers)
(80 Hours) º RTOS Services
 Queues, Semaphores,Mutex,Event Flags
º Introduction to MCU Families  Priority Inversion, Priority Inheritance
º Overview of ARM Cortex-M architecture Protocols
º CMSIS standard º Interrupt Management
º Registers, Operation Modes º Memory Management
º Instruction Set º Benchmarking factors
º Thumb-2 Instructions
 Scheduling Latency
º Startup code
 Interrupt Latency
º Memory Model
º Constrained OS for MCUs
º Linker map
º Deploying ContikiOS, RIOT OS on target hardware
º Bus Interface
º FreeRTOS and Addons for MCUs
º Clock, Timer Management
º Watchdog timers 4. Embedded Linux (80 Hours)
º RTC º Introduction to Linux
º Interrupt Handling º Linux File System
º Exception handling º Command Line overview
º Mode Switching º Basic scripting
º Development environment – Keil,arm-gcc etc º Package Management
º Building phases º Administration essentials
º Blinking LED example º Networking essentials

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º Introduction to Embedded Linux º Link Layer

º Architecture – Kernel , System Calls º Ethernet(PCI/USB/SPI)
/proc, /sys interfaces º MAC layer
º Bootloader, Kernel º IP Layer
º Rootfs image º IPv4 and IPv6
º Setting up Linux for target board(Rpi/BBB/Edison) º Mobile IP
º Cross Toolchain º TCP & UDP protocols
º Building Custom Kernel º TCP,UDP Socket APIs
º Building user space code (static, dynamic linking) º Client – Server Examples
º Linux Internals º Light Weight Network Stacks
º Process Management º Case Study – lwip
º Linux Internals º WLAN (IEEE 802.11 standard)
º Threading º Linux & MCU Support
º Scheduling in linux º WiFi motes
º Linux Internals º IEEE 802.15.4 standard
º Synchronization and Data Exchange(Inter process º Wireless PAN
communication) º IEEE 802.15.4 implementations
º Semaphores,Mutex º Zigbee, Miwi, Nrf24,Thread etc.
º Shared Memory,Message Queues º IEEE 802.15.4 implementations
º Linux Internals º Linux & MCU Support
º File Handling, Pipes & Fifos º Bridging IP networks
º Writing Simple Drivers º 6LowPAN
º Building Drivers for target board º IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power(RPL) and
º Clock Management(RTC/NTP) Lossy Networks
º Device Tree Concepts º RPL Border Router
º Memory mapping º Bluetooth Basics
º Blinking LEDs on target board º Bluetooth Profiles
º Peripheral management in Linux using º Bridging Bluetooth,IP networks
C,Python/Nodejs libraries º Bluetooth Smart/Low Energy
º GPIO º BLE Profiles
º SPI º GATT profile
º I2C º BLE Motes. Beacons, EddyStone
º ADC º Cellular Technologies
º WDT º GSM,GPRS, CDMA, 3G/UMTS, 4G/LTE
º Wired connectivity – gateways/bridging solutions º Cellular Technologies
º UART, termios library º 3G/UMTS, 4G/LTE
º USB – utilities & libraries(libusb) º RFID
º Debugging/Tracing Techniques º IrDA
º Firmata Clients º NFC
º Linux for real time º Location Tracking – GPS
º GeoMapping
5. Sensor Networks (80 Hours) º Case Study – Contiki OS
º Network Layer Model(OSI or TCP/IP) º Erbium Stack
º Overview of each layer(Physical, Link, Network, º RPL Border Router
Transport) º Case Study – RIOT OS
º Network Model for IOT Needs
º Network Topologies 6. Communication Models & Protocols
º Physical Layer (60 Hours)

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º M2M vs IOT º Data Ware Housing Concepts and Introduction to

º IOT vs WOT Tools
º M2M Protocols º NOSQL
º IOT Protocols º Introduction to NoSQL
º Communication Models º Difference between a RDBMS and a NoSQL
º Resource Management database
º Registration, Discovery º Understanding the Storage Architecture
º Data Exchange Formats - XML & JSON º Working with Column‐Oriented Databases
º Integration with Web º HBase Distributed Storage Architecture
º Web Services, WSDL º Document Store Internals
º SOA vs ROA,SOAP vs REST º Schema structure for Oracle NoSQL database
º MQTT Protocol º Changing Document Databases
º RESTFul Architecture º Schema Evolution in Column‐Oriented Databases
º HTTP REST Model º HBase Data Import and Export
º CoAP Protocol º Data Evolution in Key/Value Stores
º CoAP Protocol º Time Series Data Model(Using
º Protocol Interoperability,Bridging InfluxDb,OpenTSDB,KairosDB or similar one)
º Convergence of CoAP, HTTP, MQTT etc. º Installation
º Example – Eclipse Ponte Bridge º Using shell,web console,HTTP APIs
º Security In Protocols º Time Series Data Model
º Gateway Design º Query Language
º OSGi Architecture,Services º Write Protocols
º OSGi Implementations for IOT – Case Study º Time Series Data Model
º Websockets as transport layer º Continuous Queries
º Overview of other protocols º Downsampling data
 AMQP º Retention Policies
 XMPP º Time Series Data Model
 WebRTC º SDKs, APIs for talking to database
º Visualizing time series data, eg:-using grafana
º Data Analytics (Using ApacheSpark,InfluxData TICK
7. Data Management & Analytics stack or a similar framework with one of the
(90 Hours)
backends like MongoDB, Hadoop/HBase, InfluxDb
º Introduction to DBMS
etc.)
º RDBMS,SQL vs NoSQL
º Data Modelling - Tools & Techniques
º Implementations – closed vs open source
º Data Storage & Retrieval (MongoDb, Hadoop,
º Database Storage Structure
InfluxData)
º
º Integration with External Data Sources
º Structured and Unstructured Data
º Data Analysing – Intelligent Data Analysis - Tools
º Introduction to SQL
& Techniques
º DDL Commands
º Data analytic frameworks/Case Studies
º DML & DCL Commands
º Nimbits
º Grouping Things Together (Group by , Having)
º Sitewhere
º Sorting Data (Order By)
º Apache Spark
º Advance Subqueries (Correlated Sub query, Outer
º Apache Storm
Joins)
º Influx TICK stack
º Queries containing Group By, Having Clause,
º MuleSoft/AnyPoint Platform
º Order by
º Data Optimization
º Correlated Queries, SubQueries, Outer Joins

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º Introduction of visualization tools, Libraries º Application Areas

º Visual Analytics º IoT - Use Case, Case Study, Prototyping, Real-
life/Thematic Area wise Applications/Solutions
8. Cloud Computing (30 Hours) º SCADA Systems (Supervisory control and data
acquisition-industrial control system )
º Cloud Based Architecture º Remote terminal units (RTUs)
º Basics of Virtualization º A telemetry system
º Specific Characteristics that Define a Cloud º A human–machine interface or HMI
º Understanding Elasticity, Resiliency, On-Demand º Security & Privacy
and Measured Usage º IoT Ethics, Security & Privacy, Challenges &
º Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service Standards
(PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud º IoT Ethics
Delivery Models º Introduction
º Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and º Ethical Challenges In IoT
Community Cloud Deployment Models º Central ICT ethics issues
º Benefits, Challenges and Risks of Cloud Computing º The impact of IoT technologies
Platforms and Cloud Services º Accessibility, Privacy, Property and Integrity of
º Introduction to cloud based IoT platforms like IBM Information
Bluemix, carriot etc. º IoT Security & Privacy Mechanisms
º IoT Cloud Platforms, Visualization (case studies) º Security and Interoperability
º Understanding the risks
9. Technological Aggregation & Case Studies º Modes of attack
(60 Hours) º Techniques for achieving security
º The need for interoperability
º System Design º Combining security and interoperability
º Real-life/Thematic Area wise Applications, Sensor º Challenges & Standards
Analysis º Overview of challenges in IoT
º Home Automation /Smart Home º Evolving architectures
º Smart Cities º protocol wars
º Smart Agriculture º competing standards
º Healthcare System º case studies
º Real-life/Thematic Area wise Applications, Sensor º Open Data & IoT
Analysis(Contd.) º Introduction of platforms & APIs
º Use Cases – Smart Infrastructure/Buildings
º Hands-on for Prototypes
º Modern IoT framework / Platforms
º Wearables 10. Mobile Application Development(80 hrs)
º Signalling
º Presence detection º Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
º Power Consumption º Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming
º Bandwidth/ Challenges in Connectivity º Java Evolution
º Smart Sensor nodes (Motes) º Overview of Java Language
º Structural Aspects of IoT º Constants, Variables and Data Types
º Environmental Characteristics º Operators and Expressions
º Traffic Characteristics º Decision making, Branching and Looping Classes,
º Scalability Objects and Methods, Arrays, String and
º Interoperability Collections, Interfaces, Packages, Managing Errors
º Latest technologies

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and Exceptions, Java Multithreading, Java I/O

Handling.
º Mobile Development Platforms (Eg - Android),
º Mobile Programming Languages,
º Design & Development of Mobile User Interfaces,
º Mobile Application Development,
º Customizing of Android apps,
º Hardware Abstraction Layers, Android Framework
º Connectivity in Android
º Wifi, BTLE, 2G, 3G/4G etc.
º Support for IoT protocols
º Hands On & Case Studies
11. Project

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