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

Internet of Things

Course unit title Internet of Things
Course unit code 074703055204
Language of instruction English
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Compulsory optional
Teaching hours per week 15
Year of study 2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated 2
Name of lecturer(s) Patrick RITSCHEL
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Degree programme Mechatronics
Subject area Engineering Technology
Type of degree Bachelor full-time
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Compulsory optional
Course unit code 074703055204
Teaching units 15
Year of study 2025
Name of lecturer(s) Patrick RITSCHEL
Requirements and Prerequisites
  • 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