Introduction to GNU Tool chain, Linux environment and VI editor, Overview of C Programming language, Tokens of C - Keywords, Data-Types, Variables, Constants, Operators, Identifiers, Storage Class Specifiers, Control Flow Statements, GNU Make utility, Arrays, Multidimensional arrays, Data Input & Output, Strings, Loops - for, while etc., Functions and Recursion

Pointers - Introduction, Pointer Arithmetic, Pointers and Arrays, Pointers and Functions, Pointers and Strings, Structures, Unions, Enum, Typedef, Bit field operators and pointers with structures, Preprocessors, C and Assembly, Files, I/O, Variable No. of arguments, Command Line arguments, Error handling and debugging with GNU GDB

Basics of Program Writing & Coding Practices, Debugging and Optimization of C programs, Bit operations, Handling portability issues in C, Hardware, Time, Space and Power aware Programming

Note: Introductory sessions on C++ may be covered additionally

Introduction to Data Structures, Algorithms and Abstract Data Types, Complexity of Algorithms, Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues, Searching and Sorting Algorithms, Hashing, Trees.

Overview of Microcontrollers, Microprocessors and SoC, RISC vs CISC, Harvard vs Princeton Architectures, Overview of Computer Architecture, Embedded Memories, Timers/Counters, UART, SPI, PWM, WDT, Input Capture, Output Compare Modes, I2C, CAN, LED, Switches, ADC, DAC, LCD, RTC, Bus Standards (USB, PCI), Programming in Assembly and Embedded C, Overview of ARM Architecture and Organization, Introduction to Cortex-M Architecture, Programming Model and Instruction Set Architecture, Alignment and Endianness, Register access, State, Privilege, Stack, System Control Block, Power Modes, Memory Model, NVIC, Exception Handling, BitBanding, Peripheral Programming, SVCall, SysTick, PendSv, MPU, DMA, Mixing Assembly and C programs, Introduction to CMSIS & CMSIS Components, Overview of Cortex A & R architectures, Introduction to Multi-Core Embedded Systems, Introduction to FPGA

Introduction to Embedded Operating Systems, Anatomy of an Embedded Linux System - Bootloader, Kernel, Root File System, Application -, Process Management, Inter-process Communication & Synchronization, Memory Management, I/O sub- system & Embedded File Systems, POSIX Thread Programming, POSIX Semaphores, Mutexes, Conditional Variables, Barriers, Message Queues, Shared Memory, Debugging and Testing of Multithreaded Applications, Socket Programming

The Embedded Linux Software Eco-System, Linux Kernel Modules and Module Programming, Char Device Drivers, Kernel Internals: Dynamic memory allocations, Handling Delays, Timers, Synchronization, Locking, I/O Memory and Ports, Interrupts, Deferred Executions, Driver Debugging Techniques, USB device driver, Drivers for GPIO, I2C, and SPI.

Introduction to Real-Time Concepts, RTOS Internals & Real Time Scheduling, Performance Metrics of RTOS, Task Specifications, Schedulability Analysis, Application Programming on RTOS, Porting of RTOS, Configuring RTOS, Building RTOS Image for Target platforms

IoT Trends, IoT Architecture, IoT Applications, IoT Standards and Protocols, Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11, Wireless PAN: IEEE 802.15.1 & 802.15.4, Zigbee, Bluetooth, BTLE, LPWAN (LoRa, NBIoT), 6LowPAN, REST, CoAP, MQTT, Basics of Cryptography, Overview of IoT and Embedded security, Overview of 5G technologies