Microcontrollers Courses and Certifications

Arm Education

Arm Cortex-M Processors Overview

147 ratings at Coursera

Survey the Arm Cortex-M processor range: the history of Arm processors, how the M-profile differs from A- and R-profiles, and resources for Cortex-M projects.

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

Digi-Key

Getting Started with STM32 and Nucleo

1 rating

Discover STM32 microcontroller programming with Nucleo boards through hands-on projects covering IDE setup, sensors, FreeRTOS, ADC/DMA, SPI, and timers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ARM Cortex M Microcontroller DMA Programming Demystified

1574 ratings at Udemy

Direct Memory Access Demystified with STM32 Peripherals (ADC, SRAM,UART,M2M,M2P,P2M) and Embedded C code Exercises

• Udemy
• 9 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

IoT Application Development with the ESP32 Using the ESP-IDF

1483 ratings at Udemy

Develop a WiFi based application on the ESP32 and Subscribe/Publish MQTT Messages to AWS IoT using ESP-IDF & FreeRTOS

• Udemy
• 8 hours 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Complete Electronics Hardware Design Course 2025 -EsteemPCB

1318 ratings at Udemy

Complex Mixed Signal Board Design Course (Ethernet PHY, STM32F407, STM32F103, CH340C, DAC/MIC, 24Bit ADC, 36W Drivers)

• Udemy
• 21 hours 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Arm Education

Armv8-M Architecture Fundamentals

54 ratings at Coursera

Learn how Cortex-M processors work internally: the Armv8-M programmers' model, assembly instruction syntax, memory model, MPU register configuration, and exception handling.

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

EDUCBA

ARM Cortex (STM32) Deep Dive: Mastering Embedded Systems

51 ratings at Coursera

Program STM32 microcontrollers in embedded C: apply const and volatile qualifiers, compiler optimization flags, bit-fields and unions for peripheral registers, plus keypad input and string handling.

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

EDUCBA

ARM Cortex (STM32) Fundamentals: Building Embedded Systems

44 ratings at Coursera

Program STM32 microcontrollers in embedded C: handle floating-point types and pointers, apply operators and decision constructs, and use bitwise operations and loops to control LEDs.

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

Foundation of Embedded Systems with ARM Cortex and STM32

1209 ratings at Udemy

A 14 day proven course to a higher paying career in embedded systems, with deep understanding of ARM Cortex and STM32

• Udemy
• 7 hours 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Arm Education

Cortex-M Software Development Fundamentals

35 ratings at Coursera

Optimize Cortex-M software for speed or size: configure Arm and GNU compiler and linker options, use debug and trace, write startup code, and apply CMSIS.

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

Arm Education

Advanced Armv8-M Features

23 ratings at Coursera

Configure optional Armv8-M features: caches, DSP and floating-point extensions, SysTick timer, TrustZone security, PACBTI pointer authentication, and the M-profile Vector Extension.

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

Arduino Discovery: programming the UNO board made simple.

1094 ratings at Udemy

Learn to program the Arduino UNO and communicate with a variety of peripherals.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Arm Education

Getting Started with Machine Learning at the Edge on Arm

Train machine learning models and run them on Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers: neural networks, CNNs for audio and images, quantization, and the CMSIS-NN library with TensorFlow.

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

Coursera

Foundations of Embedded Software Design

Learn how microcontrollers work inside: CPU, memory and I/O architecture, real-time timing constraints, interrupt handling, and design patterns like state machines and circular buffers.

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

Arm Education

Embedded Systems on Arm: Get Started with the micro:bit

Program the micro:bit in MicroPython: control GPIO with LEDs, switches and sensors, and use timers, event-driven logic, ADC and PWM to build embedded applications.

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