Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor Mechatronics Fulltime
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Full-time
 Winter Semester 2025
  

Course unit titleInternet of Things
Course unit code074703055204
Language of instructionEnglish
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Compulsory optional
Semester when the course unit is deliveredWinter Semester 2025
Teaching hours per week1
Year of study2025
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated2
Name of lecturer(s)Patrick RITSCHEL


Prerequisites and co-requisites

  • Programming in the C programming language

  • Algorithms and data structures

  • Fundamentals of digital communication

Course content
  • Architecture of distributed systems
  • Cloud ↔ Edge ↔ Fog Computing
  • Broker architectures, MQTT
  • Lightweight communication with CoAP
  • OpcUA
  • HTTP / REST, web services
  • Time synchronisation
  • Reading and understanding standards
Learning outcomes

Students can

  • develop a real-world distributed embedded application.
  • explain the concepts of distributed applications.
  • implement distrubuted applications in practice.
  • read and understand data sheets and standards.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Team-Projektarbeit mit Coachings und Impulsvorträgen

Assessment methods and criteria

Präsentation des Projektes

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading
  • Datenblätter der eingesetzten Komponenten
  • Standards und RFCs
  • Veneri (2018): Hands-On Industrial Internet of Things: Create a powerful Industrial IoT infrastructure using Industry 4.0 (English Edition). Packt Publishing.
  • Pulver (2019): Hands-On Internet of Things with MQTT: Build connected IoT devices with Arduino and MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT). Packt Publishing.
  • Soni (2021): IoT for Beginners: Explore IoT Architecture, Working Principles, IoT Devices, and Various Real IoT Projects (English Edition). BPB Publications.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face-to-face instruction

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