Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Introduction to IoTUnit 2: Sensors, Actuators and IoT HardwareUnit 3: IoT Communication Protocols
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: IoT Platforms, Cloud and SecurityUnit 5: IoT Applications
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 4 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 28 topics
01Unit 1: Introduction to IoT
6 topics+
- Definition and characteristics of IoT
- Physical design: things and protocols
- Logical design: functional blocks, communication models and APIs
- Enabling technologies
- IoT levels and deployment templates
- IoT versus M2M
02Unit 2: Sensors, Actuators and IoT Hardware
6 topics+
- Sensors and their types
- Actuators: motors, relays, solenoids
- Analog-to-digital conversion
- Arduino Uno
- Raspberry Pi
- ESP8266 / ESP32 Wi-Fi modules
03Unit 3: IoT Communication Protocols
6 topics+
- IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee
- Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi
- LoRaWAN and NB-IoT
- RFID and NFC
- 6LoWPAN and RPL
- Application protocols: MQTT, CoAP, HTTP REST
04Unit 4: IoT Platforms, Cloud and Security
5 topics+
- Data storage and processing for IoT
- IoT cloud platforms: AWS IoT, ThingSpeak, Azure IoT
- Edge and fog computing
- IoT data analytics
- Security and privacy challenges in IoT
05Unit 5: IoT Applications
5 topics+
- Smart home and smart city
- Smart agriculture
- Healthcare IoT
- Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0
- Case study: building a simple IoT system
About this course
You will be able to
- Define IoT and describe its physical and logical design, levels and enabling technologies
- Select sensors, actuators and boards such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi and ESP8266
- Compare IoT communication technologies: ZigBee, BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN and RFID
- Explain IoT application protocols MQTT, CoAP and HTTP REST
- Describe IoT cloud platforms, edge and fog computing and IoT security issues
- Design simple IoT applications for home, agriculture, health and industry
Who it is for
- MCA students of Semester 4 (AKTU, Lucknow)
- Students interested in embedded systems, smart devices and IoT start-ups
What you need
- Computer networks basics
- Any programming language (C or Python)
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus does this Internet of Things course follow?
It follows the AKTU (Lucknow) MCA syllabus for Semester 4. If your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university's syllabus and unit order.
This is an elective. What if my college offers a different elective?
The centre teaches the elective your college has allotted; this course covers the AKTU syllabus of this elective.
Will we work with real boards?
Yes. Demonstrations use Arduino, ESP8266 and Raspberry Pi with common sensors, and data is sent to a free IoT cloud dashboard.
