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About the Course

The explosive growth of the “Internet of Things” is changing our world and the rapid drop in price for typical IoT components is allowing people to innovate new designs and products at home. In this first class in the specialization you will learn the importance of IoT in society, the current components of typical IoT devices and trends for the future. IoT design considerations, constraints and interfacing between the physical world and your device will also be covered. You will also learn how to make design trade-offs between hardware and software. We'll also cover key components of networking to ensure that students understand how to connect their device to the Internet. Please note that this course does not include discussion forums. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Define the term “Internet of Things” 2. State the technological trends which have led to IoT 3. Describe the impact of IoT on society 4. Define what an embedded system is in terms of its interface 5. Enumerate and describe the components of an embedded system 6. Describe the interactions of embedded systems with the physical world 7. Name the core hardware components most commonly used in IoT devices 8. Describe the interaction between software and hardware in an IoT device 9. Describe the role of an operating system to support software in an IoT device 10. Explain the use of networking and basic networking hardware 11. Describe the structure of the Internet 12. Describe the meaning of a “network protocol” 13. Explain MANETs and their relation to IoT...

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PK

Oct 26, 2020

This course is full of benefit. Content of the course is very accurate. Teacher who was teaching was also good. I would suggest to all the beginner to learn this topic who are interested in IoT field.

ST

Sep 17, 2017

good course :)

please review my assignment to complete my course :(

https://www.coursera.org/learn/iot/peer/qYW91/module-1-peer-review-identify-and-analyze-a-device/review/VBUuMpl_EeeuPhL2ByDlUA

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By Sohran E

Feb 23, 2021

Overall to basic introduction, only few lectures had good content where you learned important topics. The instructor is good at explaining and clear, but the contents were mostly to easy. Assignments were not good at all, way to basic and simple. Unfortunately, I noticed many cheating on the assignments as well which made me think if Coursera is a serious learning platform??..

By River

Feb 20, 2017

I was so excited for this course, but IT failed miserably. I am a complete newbie, I didn't know one thing about IoT before engaging in this course. I gave it one star due to actually learning a small something IN SPITE of the fact the prof is extremely inarticulate. The course is extremely short and vague. There was no care in detail or discussion or presentation. There's no forum to ask questions or to even start or engage in a discussion.

By Michael J H

Mar 7, 2016

Would not let me leave course after signing up. Due to family issues, I could not continue, but due to some weird policy, after purchasing this class, I could not drop. (Still can't)

By Aurosampad M

Sep 24, 2022

Learning the basics of Internet of things bought a great source of motivation in me of imagining and realizing networking with the help of electronic equipments as I used to study those things theoretically but never implemented them practically.The best part of the course was tracking the movement of a data packet through the Wireshark application.All thanks to our respected Ian Harris sir for all his efforts in making us realize these things practically.

By Vasim T

Mar 14, 2021

This course helped me understand a lot, not just about IoT devices, but also how the internet functions and the embedded systems. As an electrotechnical and computer engineering student, the information provided in this course was very helpful to understand many things relevant to my area. Now I have a basic understanding of IoT, embedded systems, and internet protocols. Great course for beginners.

By Deleted A

Sep 16, 2018

Very concise, highly organized, and totally up-to-date and relevant. Dr. Harris' knowledge and style/delivery made this course completely enjoyable. I am very happy with all that I learned. Big props to Dr. Ian Harris!

I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to delve into the world of IoT and embedded systems. I am excited to begin the next course in the 6 class specialization.

By Ameerah R A M A

Apr 15, 2020

First of all the the most important thing is the course instructor, professor Ian Harris made the course enjoyable ,easy to understand and informative. His way of lecturing remove any boredom any person may have from the many new technicality in the course. Also, I like the course content for an introductory course and I have learned many new things and excited to take next course.

By Chandrika P

Sep 16, 2020

I am graduating in Electronics and Communication Engineering.This course helped me a lot to understand what is Internet of Things and Embedded systems. This course is not only theoretical but also practical.The quizzes and assignments helped to understand the course even more better. And our professor Ian Harris sir teaching is so good that made to listen his classes without bore.

By Rajat S

May 15, 2020

The course was filled with loads of interesting information which was pretty effectively delivered by Professor Ian Harris in the most convincing way I have ever seen.All the assignments and quizzes were prepared in such a way that learner cannot copy those from the internet and has to thoroughly study each and every topic in the course multiple times.No doubt he is at the top.

By Palash J

Jan 25, 2018

This course sets a great learning path for beginners, and if you also opt to complete the entire specialization, I can surely say that it will do you a whole lot of good. This course essentially adopts a holistic approach to introduce students to the awesome world of IoT, and I would definitely recommend this to people who want to start working with development boards.

By Mr. G B P R

Apr 22, 2020

This course id very useful for the people who want to know the fundamentals of Internet of Things and Embedded systems.The professor has explained each and every topic in a well understandable way.I Really want to thank the professor for giving me basic idea of this Course.By having this idea, i can start implementing any advanced applications.Thank You

By Ian M

Aug 20, 2020

What a stellar overview and introduction to the Internet of Things. The professor was very "real," and the pacing was stellar. Thank you, Ian. Thank you, UC-Irvine. You hit it out of the park. I'm going to complete the certificate now. Seriously, awesome work. Sincerely, a professor of GIS at another undergrad-focused university in the midwest

By Nuria M

Feb 26, 2016

An introductory course to this contemporary technologic phenomenon, which merges you inside the very basis of internet functioning and how IOT devices have been evolving and diversifying, how we can understand and conceptualize them, disassembling existing ones (conceptually) and learning the basic ideas on why and how to design an IOT device.

By Derrick R M

Mar 29, 2021

Very recommended for anyone interested to know about IoT as this is the technology driving Industry 4.0 The class is structured and assumes no prior knowledge, there isn't an overload of information. professor Harris knows how to explain complicated content in the easiest possible way using pictures and daily life examples. Thank you

By Ghali L H

Sep 7, 2020

Excellent introduction, I learned a lot.

Sad that the course is this short - there could be a lot of practice derived from the notions explained (i think of how to actually code an embedded systems and make the various components (sensors, microprocessors and actuators) harmoniously interact with each from data input to output.

By MD. N M

Apr 30, 2020

It is really very helpful for me. Actually, this course is based on the very root level i.e for a beginner. If anyone tries to strengthen his basics about IoT, he should have to take this course. This course is also included with the assignment which is a help to get enough ideas about IoT devices and as well as IoT projects.

By Stacey K

Jun 10, 2018

excellent introductory course to internet, microcontrollers and networks. I am not an engineer and I worked with Arduino before but did not quite get how it actually works. This course really helped to understand how the components and devices come together with the network. thank you very much for a very enjoyable course

By La'kaleigh H

Jul 17, 2020

Great introduction to Iot and embedded, i took another course a while back by duke university I had to stop because I didn't understand some of the terms and components. Now I feel better about my knowledge of embedded systems. Professor Harris does a nice job of teaching and explaining concepts that will help you

By Price M

Jan 5, 2016

This course gives a very solid overview of basic hardware and software concepts. I was familiar with a lot of the information already, so I watched many videos at x1.25 speed and returned to normal speed for unfamiliar material. First week can be a little slow, but it picks up and is very informative afterwards.

By Dr. M S

Sep 7, 2020

This course give us basic knowledge of IoT, Embedded Systems and basic networking knowledge. Program and instructions based on self-learning and learners can improve by facing with quiz and assignments. Reviews and suggestions to others assignments are also knowledge sharing facilities.Thanks for this course.

By Mark B

Apr 29, 2018

People mark it down for the lack of complexity, but it's suppose to be an Introduction to the IoT. It's a great introduction, where I learned a lot of things. I love the way its presented, the length of the lectures. It can only improve from here. Perhaps in the future this may be upgraded to a full IoT course.

By Adefolahan O

Feb 10, 2022

I enjoyed every part of the course. Prof. Ian's method of teaching is one I will forever cherish, the ease and examples made learning the basics of IoT fun, interactive and an overall wonderful experience. Thank you for this wonderful course. I can't wait to move on to other courses in this certification.

By Gududuru P R

Aug 1, 2020

I have successfully completely I introduction to IoT and embedded systems.it was great experience with this course.I have gained so many skills with coursera plateform as it provides good instructors and excellent lectures provided by coursera.This was best MOOC learning plateform that I have ever seen.

By Susmith D K

Apr 16, 2020

This course is good for a beginner to understand basics of iot and use of embedded systems.

Before entering course its better to google and set up some basic knowledge about what is micro controller , arduino and raspberry pi ,internet protocol,and basic parts of computer like ram,ROM,processor etc.

By Deleted A

Jan 8, 2022

Learned a lot of new things in this introduction class to IoT. I am really glad I decided to take the course. The instructor explains concepts really well and its easy to follow along. I would like to see maybe more interactive labs in the future. Overall, this was an awesome course. Thank you!