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Hands-on Internet of Things

This specialization is intended for technologically minded persons who are interested in getting to know the latest in ubiquitous computing, also known as "Internet of Things". The specialization consists of 4 courses that are composed of a basic part with lectures and quizzes, and a practical "honors" part, which includes physically assembling and implementing functionality atop a networked device (please note: while the honors part of the courses is optional, it is required to purchase hardware to complete these practical parts of the courses). The courses are meant to be taken in sequence, as each course builds on the previous one, while adding more functions to the device in the honors section. The construction of the device introduces real-world challenges and technological approaches commonly encountered in the IoT industry and builds students’ confidence that they can do things for real.

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What's inside

Four courses

IoT Devices

(4 hours)

The Internet of Things (IoT) stands to be the next revolution in computing. This course teaches a deep understanding of IoT technologies from the ground up. Students will learn IoT device programming, sensing and actuating technologies, IoT protocol stacks, networking backhaul design and security enforcement, data science for IoT, and cloud-based IoT platforms.

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IoT Communications

(4 hours)

This course builds on IoT Devices. After constructing a self-driving vehicle, we enhance its connectivity. You will study radio frequency (RF) communication, the MAC layer, Mesh Networking, and distributed algorithms for geographic locations. These techniques will be applied to your device in the lab.

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IoT Networking

(4 hours)

This course builds on the first two courses in this series: IoT Devices and IoT Communications. Here you will begin to learn enterprise IoT. Enterprise networks, from first-hop access to backend IoT services are critical because they allow your IoT devices to reach the Internet and achieve their true intelligence.

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IoT Cloud

(4 hours)

This course, the last in our series of four, builds on the previous three: IoT Devices, IoT Communications, and IoT Networking. After building and programming a small self-driving vehicle, we enhance its connectivity and add security infrastructure. We will examine various decentralized network topographies and cover cloud technologies based on machine-learning.

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Learning objective

How to build an autonomous networked device, how to program and connect this device, how to use wireless networking protocols.

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Time

16 hours

Level

Intermediate

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Coursera

Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Instructor

Matthew Caesar

Level

Intermediate

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