Course

Embedded Systems: Rise of embedded systems and their transition to intelligent systems and to Internet of Things -RFIDs, NFC, Web of Things – Embedded Systems Design: power and energy consumption; hardware design elements,  software platforms –OS and applications, code optimization, validation and robust code generation; system integration, debugging and test methodology; tools for coding, debugging, optimization, and documentation; measurement of system performance, Creating virtual prototypes -hardware software emulation. IoT Reference Architectures, Introduction to Node Red, Visual Prototyping with Arduino and connectivity to IoT platforms, Applications: Healthcare and home automation examples. Cloud Computing: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Cloud Database, Cloud storage. Platform as a Service (PaaS) for Web Rapid Application Development (RAD), Distributed Storage, Distributed Computing frameworks. Connectivity to remote server database, data access-storage processing. Development of cloud server and web applications.

Suggested Lab Sessions:

·         Circuiting of IoT Systems (Simulator)

·         Circuiting of IoT Systems (Physical setup or DIY kits)

·         Implementation of the web services on cloud infrastructure

·         Development of a cloud based setup for a relevant IoT application

Course Outcomes:

CO1: Understand the challenges and requirement of IoT framework.

CO2: Distinguish applications from ubiquitous computing, IoT and WoT.

CO3: Discuss the issues in system integration, debugging, testing and analysing the system performance.

CO4: Design an IoT application.

Textbooks / References:

1.      Barry, P., and Crowley, P., “Modern Embedded Computing”, Morgan Kaufmann, 2012.

2.      Vijay Madisetti and Arshdeep Bahga, “Internet of Things: A Hands-on Approach”, Hardcover Import, 2014.

3.      Thomas Erl, “Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture”, Prentice Hall, May 2013.

4.      Michael J. Kavis, “Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models (SaaS, PaaS, &IaaS)”, Wiley CIO Series, January 2014.

5.      George Reese, “Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud”, O’Reilly, 2009.