Embedded Systems & Microcontrollers Courses and Certifications

Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems

13 ratings

Explore IoT and embedded systems: define IoT's societal impact, identify microcontrollers and sensors, weigh hardware/software trade-offs, and explain protocol stacks, network layers, and MANETs.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Programming for the Internet of Things Project

957 ratings at Coursera

Design a microcontroller-based embedded system on a low-cost budget: write a requirements specification, produce a system-level design, weigh alternatives, and create a test plan.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Wired Communication Protocols for Hardware Hackers

Learn wired embedded communication through serial and parallel methods, UART, I2C, SPI, JTAG, RS232, CAN bus, USB, Ethernet, and master-slave topologies.

• TrainSec
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Development of Secure Embedded Systems

1159 ratings at Coursera

Build secure embedded IoT systems: embedded hardware and operating systems, web connectivity and security, real-time development, capped by an autonomous runway detection capstone project.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Introduction to Embedded Systems Software and Development Environments

658 ratings at Coursera

Build embedded software for ARM-based microcontrollers: create a GCC and GNU Make build system, use Git version control, and write memory-manipulating firmware on a Linux virtual machine.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Embedded Hardware and Operating Systems

629 ratings at Coursera

Learn embedded hardware and embedded operating systems for IoT: processors, FPGAs, memory management, task scheduling, Contiki kernel and services, and Cooja wireless sensor network simulation.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Modeling and Debugging Embedded Systems

245 ratings at Coursera

Model sensor- and actuator-rich physical systems as digital twins in SystemC, debug deeply embedded systems, and promote technical ideas to management.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Architecting Smart IoT Devices

362 ratings at Coursera

Learn to architect an embedded IoT device by selecting processor families, boards, networks, and operating systems, integrating an RTOS, debugging, and running on low power.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Embedded Interface Design

148 ratings at Coursera

Design interfaces for embedded systems: apply UX best practices, rapidly prototype embedded interface designs, and work with M2M and IoT interfaces and protocols.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices

312 ratings at Coursera

Learn to architect embedded IoT devices: weigh market and lifecycle choices, avoid failures and hacks, decide buy versus build, and model requirements with SysML.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Arduino Platform and C Programming

13 ratings

Program Arduino boards in C: install the IDE, write setup() and loop() sketches, control pins and shields, and debug embedded code over UART serial.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

NPTEL;  IIT Delhi

Embedded Systems

2 ratings

An introduction to designing embedded systems across processors, memory, buses, embedded software, real-time scheduling, networking, and dependable system development.

• YouTube
• 1 day 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Crash Course Arduino and Microcontroller Development

1640 ratings at Udemy

Master the Essentials of Embedded Systems, Electronics, Firmware Design and Arduino C/C++ Programming

• Udemy
• 4 days 15 hours 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Embedded Systems

1466 ratings at Udemy

Learn electronics using the Arduino platform and program the board to control various peripherals

• Udemy
• 3 hours 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Capstone: Autonomous Runway Detection for IoT

69 ratings at Coursera

Build an IoT-based autonomous runway detection system for aircraft landing: implement embedded real-time processing, secure web connectivity and cloud back ends, then evaluate energy consumption and cost.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course