Industrial Automation

74 Lessons( 20 week )

• Embedded Systems Fundamentals
• 1. Microcontrollers vs. Microprocessors 0 minute
• 2. Assessment – Microcontroller vs. Microprocessor 0 minute
• 3. Architecture: Harvard vs Von Neumann 0 minute
• 4. Assessment – Architecture: Harvard vs Von Neumann 0 minute
• 5. Memory types: Flash, SRAM, EEPROM 0 minute
• 6. Assessment – Memory types: Flash, SRAM, EEPROM 0 minute
• 7. Overview of Common Microcontrollers: AVR, ARM Cortex-M, ESP32 0 minute
• 8. Assessment – Overview of Common Microcontrollers: AVR, ARM Cortex-M, ESP32 0 minute
• Electronics and Digital Interfaces
• 1. Voltage Levels, Signal Conditioning, Noise Considerations
• 2. Interfacing: GPIO, ADC, DAC, PWM
• 3. Communication Protocols: UART, I2C, SPI
• 4. Pull-up/down Resistors, Debounce Logic
• Programming for Embedded Systems
• 1. Bitwise Operations, Interrupts, Timers
• 2. ISR Design and Nested Interrupts
• 3. Memory Management in Constrained Environments
• 4. Compiler Toolchain, Makefiles, Linker Scripts
• Real-Time Concepts & RTOS Introduction
• 1. What is real-time? Hard vs Soft RTOS
• 2. Tasks, Semaphores, Queues
• 3. Introduction to FreeRTOS
• 4. Task Scheduling, Synchronization
• Arduino, STM32, and ESP32 Ecosystem
• 1. Arduino Programming and Libraries
• 2. STM32CubeIDE & HAL Drivers
• 3. ESP32 toolchains and Wi-Fi Capabilities
• 4. Flashing, Boot Modes, Debugging
• Sensor Interfacing & Signal Processing
• 1. Analog Sensors (Current, Temperature, Vibration)
• 2. Digital Sensors (I2C, SPI)
• 3. Signal Conditioning Techniques
• 4. Kalman Filters, Moving Average
• Industrial Sensor Standards
• 1. 4-20mA Loop, Voltage-Based Sensors, RTDs
• 2. Relay Outputs, Dry Contacts
• 3. Industrial Protection: TVS, Opto-Isolation, Zener Clamping
• Hands-On Lab: Edge Device Prototyping
• 1. Build a Data Acquisition Node
• 2. Log Sensor Data to SD Card and Display on LCD
• 3. Use of Structured Programming for Modularity
• Wired & Wireless Communication
• 1. UART, RS485, CAN Bus Basics
• 2. Wi-Fi, BLE, LoRa, ZigBee
• 3. Antenna Design Considerations
• 4. Communication Stacks and Packet Inspection
• Industrial Protocols
• 1. Modbus RTU & Modbus TCP
• 2. OPC UA (Intro with Open-Source Stack)
• 3. MQTT + Sparkplug B
• 4. Profinet / EtherCAT – Conceptual Overview
• Node-RED as Edge Orchestrator
• 1. Node-RED Flows and Custom Function Blocks
• 2. MQTT-in/out Nodes, OPC UA Connectors
• 3. JSON Payload Formatting
• 4. Integration with CouchDB & InfluxDB
• Edge-to-Cloud Architecture
• 1. Cloud vs Local Database Architectures
• 2. Edge Buffering using CouchDB
• 3. MQTT QoS Levels, Retain, LWT
• 4. JSON SCADA Basics & Dashboarding
• RTOS Deep Dive with FreeRTOS
• 1. Task Management, Inter-Task Communication
• 2. Priority Inversion, Mutexes, Deadlocks
• 3. Tickless Idle Mode, Sleep Modes
• Bare Metal System Design
• 1. Writing your Own Scheduler
• 2. Custom Drivers for Peripherals
• 3. Event-Driven Architecture
• Bootloaders and Firmware OTA
• 1. Bootloader vs Application Layer
• 2. Writing Custom Bootloaders
• 3. OTA Updates using HTTPS/MQTT
• Edge Security & Reliability
• 1. TLS/SSL, Secure Boot
• 2. Device Identity and Certificates
• 3. Watchdog Timers, Error Logging, Brown-Out Detection
• Unified Namespace (UNS) & MQTT Topic Modeling
• 1. Understanding Site/Line/Cell Models
• 2. Sparkplug B Compliance and Payload Structure
• 3. Real-Time Tag Mapping and Topic Hierarchies
• Off-the-shelf vs Custom MES
• 1. Siemens Opcenter, Rockwell FT, vs Open-Source MES
• 2. Creating a Lightweight MES using Node-RED, MQTT, and UNS
• 3. Job Dispatch, Production Tracking, Alerts
• Industrial Time-Series Databases
• 1. InfluxDB vs CouchDB vs TimescaleDB
• 2. Logging High-Frequency Data
• 3. Building Grafana Dashboards for KPIs
• Deployment Pipelines & CI/CD
• 1. Dockerize Embedded and Edge Applications
• 2. GitHub Actions for Firmware CI
• 3. Configuration Management using JSON and YAML