Course Code: iotmng
Duration: 14 hours
Prerequisites:

  • Basic knowledge of business operations & product management, devices, electronics systems and data systems

  • Basic understanding of software and systems

Overview:
  • A training program covering the current state of the art in Internet of Things
  • Cuts across multiple technology domains to develop awareness of an IoT system and its components and how it can help businesses and organizations.

Target Audience

  • Managers responsible for business and operational processes within their respective organizations and want to know how to harness IoT to make their systems and processes more efficient.
  • Investors who are looking to build new ventures and want to develop a better understanding of the IoT technology landscape to see how they can leverage it in an effective manner.

Estimates for Internet of Things or IoT market value are massive, since by definition the IoT is an integrated and diffused layer of devices, sensors, and computing power that overlays entire consumer, business-to-business, and government industries. The IoT will account for an increasingly huge number of connections: 1.9 billion devices today, and 9 billion by 2018. That year, it will be roughly equal to the number of smartphones, smart TVs, tablets, wearable computers, and PCs combined.

In the consumer space, many products and services have already crossed over into the IoT, including kitchen and home appliances, parking, RFID, lighting and heating products, and a number of applications in Industrial Internet.

However, the underlying technologies of IoT are nothing new as M2M communication existed since the birth of Internet. However, what changed in last couple of years is the emergence of number of inexpensive wireless technologies added by overwhelming adaptation of smart phones and Tablet in every home. Explosive growth of mobile devices led to present demand of IoT.

Due to unbounded opportunities in IoT business, many small and medium sized entrepreneurs jumped on a bandwagon of IoT gold rush. Also due to emergence of open source electronics and IoT platform, cost of development of IoT system and further managing its sizable production is increasingly affordable. Existing electronic product owners are experiencing pressure to integrate their device with Internet or Mobile app.

This training is intended for a technology and business review of an emerging industry so that IoT enthusiasts/entrepreneurs can grasp the basics of IoT technology and business.

Course Objective

Main objective of the course is to introduce emerging technological options, platforms and case studies of IoT implementation in home & city automation (smart homes and cities), Industrial Internet, healthcare, Govt., Mobile Cellular and other areas. This lecture-only training is not technical and does not cover hands on exercises or demos.

Course Outline:

IoT – Introduction

  • Brief history

  • Why is Iot so important?

  • IoT Technology Stack

Device Hardware

  • Sensors and Networks

  • Embedded computer like Artik module, Raspberry Pi, Arduino or BeagleBone board

  • Industrial computers like compact RIO or PXI

Device Software

  • Smart Device & Software defined hardware

  • Device Software Layers

  • Edge OS - Common examples of embedded OS include Linux, Brillo (scaled-down Android), Windows Embedded, and VxWorks

  • Edge Applications

Communication

  • Wireless vs. Wireline network

  • WiFi- 802.11 families: N to S — application of standards and common vendors.

  • Zigbee and Zwave — advantage of low power mesh networking. Long distance Zigbee. Introduction to different Zigbee chips.

  • Bluetooth/BLE: Low power vs high power, speed of detection, class of BLE. Introduction of Bluetooth vendors & their review.

  • Other long distance RF communication link

  • LOS vs NLOS links

  • Application issues in wireless protocols — power consumption, reliability, PER, QoS, LOS

  • Sensor networks for WAN deployment using LPWAN. Comparison of various emerging protocols such as LoRaWAN, NB-IoT etc

Cloud Platform & Applications

  • Data Collection & Management

  • Analytics

  • Cloud APIs

  • Cloud Applications – Overview

Database implementation for IoT : Cloud based IoT platforms

  • SQL vs NoSQL-Which one is good for your IoT application

  • Open sourced vs. Licensed Database

  • Available M2M cloud platform

  • CISCO M2M platform

  • AT &T M2M platform

  • Google M2M platform

Review of Electronics Platform, production and cost projection

  • PCB vs FPGA vs ASIC design-how to take decision

  • Prototyping electronics vs Production electronics

  • QA certificate for IoT- CE/CSA/UL/IEC/RoHS/IP65: What are those and when needed?

  • Basic introduction of multi-layer PCB design and its workflow

  • Electronics reliability-basic concept of FIT and early mortality rate

  • Environmental and reliability testing-basic concepts

  • Basic Open source platforms: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone, when needed?

Conceiving a new IoT product- Product requirement document for IoT

  • State of the present art and review of existing technology in the market place

  • Suggestion for new features and technologies based on market analysis and patent issues

  • Detailed technical specs for new products- System, software, hardware, mechanical, installation etc.

  • Packaging and documentation requirements

  • Servicing and customer support requirements

  • High level design (HLD) for understanding of product concept

  • Release plan for phase wise introduction of the new features

  • Skill set for the development team and proposed project plan -cost & duration

  • Target manufacturing price

Security in IoT implementation

  • Why security is absolutely essential for IoT

  • Mechanism of security breach in IOT layer

  • Privacy enhancing technologies

  • Security standard for available platform

  • Secure booting

  • Device authentication

  • Firewalling and IPS

Device Management Use Cases

  • Connected Filters

  • Connected Heating Systems

  • Connected Logistics

  • Smart Homes

  • IoT Gateways

  • Connected Agriculture

  • Connected Frieght Trains

More Examples - A few common IoT systems

  • Home automation

  • Energy optimization in Home

  • Automotive-OBD

  • IoT-Lock

  • Smart Smoke alarm

  • BAC ( Blood alcohol monitoring ) for drug abusers under probation

  • Pet cam for Pet lovers

  • Wearable IOT

  • Mobile parking ticketing system

  • Indoor location tracking in Retail store

  • Home health care

  • Smart Sports Watch