Certified Internet Of Things Practitioner (CIoTPTM) Exam ITP-110

The Internet of Things (IoT) promises a wide range of benefits for industry, energy and utility companies, municipalities, healthcare, and consumers. Data can be collected in extraordinary volume and detail regarding almost anything worth measuring, such as public health and safety, the environment, industrial and agricultural production, energy, and utilities. New data analysis tools have been optimized for the massive amounts of data that IoT produces, enabling well-informed decisions to be made quickly.

But putting IoT systems into place can be a complicated proposition, and fraught with hazards. Solutions may involve devices and technologies from many different vendors, requiring a good understanding of software and hardware and strategies to integrate them, as well as the risks associated with security, privacy, and the safety of those whose working and living environments are managed by these systems.

IT professionals often have little or no experience working with embedded systems, sensor networks, actuators, real-time systems, and other components that are common to IoT, so this course provides a foundation for understanding how these components work with other systems that IT professionals typically have more experience working with—such as networks, cloud computing, and applications running on servers, desktop computers, and mobile devices.

In this course, students will learn general strategies for planning, designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining an IoT system through various case studies and by assembling and configuring an IoT device to work in a sensor network. 

Students will create an IoT device based on an ESP8266 microcontroller, implementing various common IoT features, such as analog and digital sensors, a web-based interface, MQTT messaging, and data encryption.

Objectives:

• Plan an IoT implementation.
• Construct and program an IoT device.
• Communicate with an IoT device using wired and wireless connections.
• Process sensor input and control an actuator on an IoT device.
• Manage security, privacy, and safety risks on IoT projects.
• Manage an IoT prototyping and development project throughout the development lifecycle.

Course Content:

• Lesson 1: Planning an IoT Implementation
• Topic A: Select a General Architecture for an IoT Project
• – Dawn of a New Day
• – IoT
• – IoT Ingredients
• – Enabling Technologies
• – IoT Infrastructure
• – IoT Devices
• – Example IoT Devices
• – Case Study: Smart Outlet
• – Selecting Attributes to Include in an IoT Device
• – IoT Gateway
• – Cloud Services
• – User Interface
• – Software Stacks
• – Selecting an IoT Architecture
• Topic B: Identify Benefits and Challenges of IoT
• – IoT in Industry
• – Industrial Controllers
• – Industry 4.0
• – Four Ps of Planned Maintenance
• – Identifying Business Benefits of IoT
• – Business Benefits
• – Business Challenges
• – Differences from Traditional IT
• – Technical Challenges
• – Societal Impact
• – Identifying Potential Challenges of IoT
• Lesson 2: Constructing and Programming an IoT Device
• Topic A: Select and Configure a Processing Unit
• – Microcontrollers
• – Comparison Between Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
• – Common Microcontroller Products
• – FPGAs
• – Selecting Processors for an IoT Project
• – Development Boards and Shields
• – Maker/Hobbyist Platforms
• – On-Chip Peripherals
• – I/O
• – Digital Representation of On or Off State Values
• – Analog Representation of Continuous Values
• – Analog to Digital Conversion
• – Signal Conditioning
• – Transmission of Digital Values
• – Differential Signaling
• – Digital Sensors
• – Microcontroller I/O Pins
• – Components Used for Digital and Analog Conversion
• – PWM
• – Quadrature Encoder
• – Guidelines for Selecting and Configuring a Microcontroller
• – Case Study: ESP8266 MCU
• – Preparing a Microcontroller for IoT Prototyping
• Topic B: Select a Microcontroller Power Source
• – Power Requirements
• – Logic Level Voltage and Power Regulation
• – Voltage, Current, and Resistance
• – Semiconductors
• – Semiconductor Care and Handling
• – USB Power During Development and Testing
• – USB Specifications
• – Power After Deployment
• – Power Grid
• – Conversion Between AC and DC
• – Backup Generators
• – PoE
• – Batteries
• – Lithium Cells
• – Solar Panels
• – Wind Power
• – Water Power
• – Energy Harvesting
• – Power Management
• – Guidelines for Reducing Power Consumption
• – Attaching a Microcontroller to a Power Source
• Topic C: Use a Software Development Kit to Program an IoT Device
• – Embedded Devices vs. General Purpose Computers
• – Embedded Systems Programming
• – Development Toolkits
• – Programming Languages
• – IoT Operating Systems
• – Real-Time Operations
• – Embedded Device Operating Systems
• – Microcontroller Firmware
• – The Build Process
• – Debugging
• – Guidelines for Selecting a Software Development Kit
• – Case Study: ESP8266 SDKs
• – Uploading a Program to an IoT Device
• Lesson 3: Communicating with an IoT Device
• Topic A: Communicate Using Wired Connections
• – Wired Data Communication Standards
• – Industrial Ethernet Standards
• – Industrial Data and Information Management Standards
• – OPC
• – DDS
• – OPC-UA vs. DDS
• – Legacy Field Buses
• – Legacy Serial Communication
• – Data Communication During Development and Testing
• – Guidelines for Communication Using Wired Connections
• – Communicating over a Wired Serial Connection
• Topic B: Communicate Using Wireless Connections
• – Wireless Communication
• – Near Range Wireless Communication
• – Medium Range Wireless Communication
• – Zigbee
• – Zigbee Topologies
• – Z-Wave
• – 6LoWPAN and Thread
• – WirelessHART
• – Long Range Wireless Communication
• – Guidelines for Communication Using Wireless Connections
• – Testing Wi-Fi Communication with a Microcontroller
• – Wireless IoT Device Configuration
• – Guidelines for Providing a Wi-Fi Configuration Manager
• – Providing a Wi-Fi Configuration Manager
• Topic C: Communicate Using Internet Protocols
• – The Internet Protocol Suite
• – HTTP and HTTPS Web Protocols
• – Send Data with a Request
• – Web Protocols in IoT
• – IP Addressing
• – Encapsulation
• – Connect Different Networks