PG Diploma in Embedded & Automotive Systems with AI
100% Placement Opportunities Assured with Globally Accepted Certification
Duration: 6 Months
Eligibility: BE, B.Tech, ME, M.Tech
Modules
Core Engineering – 40 hrs.
- Electronics and Hardware Familiarization
- Mastering C Programming
- DSA & Competitive problem solving
- Mastering OOP using C++
- ARM Cortex-M Architecture with Embedded C Programming
- Embedded Protocols and Driver Development
- Linux System Programming using C
- A prototype embedded System development using LPC1768 and KEIL IDE
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Embedded AI & Automotive Foundation
Specialization 1 – Operating Systems – 40 hrs.
- Linux Device Driver & kernel
- Embedded RTOS (Free RTOS) Firmware Programming
Specialization 2 – Automotive – 60 hrs.
- Automotive – MBD and Autosar Application Software
- Development with MATLAB
- Qt Application Development for Automotive System
Specialization 3 – Embedded AI – 60 hrs.
- Embedded AI
- Edge Intelligence
Project stream:
Core Programming
- Application development based on Data Structure (Eg: Multi Client Chat Application, memory Leak Detection tool kit, E-Commerce cart simulator)
- A concurrent server to replicate a chat application using socket programming.
- Multi-Peripheral Integration Project (Combining GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C)
- Real-Time Data Acquisition using ADC & DMA
- Wireless Communication using LPC1768 + GSM/Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Modules
- Automated Sensor Data Logging with RTC & SD Card Storage
- Developing a Custom CAN-based Protocol for Vehicle Networks
Platform:
- Ubuntu (Linux OS, with gcc compiler)
- WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
- Code: Blocks, VSC, Dev-C++
- LPC1768 development board
- FreeRTOS
- Keil uVision IDE, Flash Magic
- Raspberry PI 4 Board, Raspberry OS
- ESP32 Board, Micropython, Thonny IDE
- ThingSpeak, Blynk, AWS IOT
- MATLAB
| Core Engineering | ||
|---|---|---|
| Electronics and Hardware Familiarization – 40 hrs. – 10 Days – 2 weeks | ||
| Analog Electronics: Passive and Active components | Circuit analysis using KCL and KVL | Diode, Transistor and Op-amp Circuits |
| Digital Electronics: Combinational circuits design: Adders, Multiplexers, Encoders, Decoders | Sequential circuits design: Flipflops, Registers, Counters | Microprocessors and Microcontroller architecture |
| Basic Embedded System Architecture | Standard Interfaces | Understanding schematics/datasheet |
| Core Programming Fundamentals | ||
| Mastering C Programming – 40 hrs. – 10 Days – 2 weeks | ||
| Introduction to C: Simple C program structure, Literals, constants, variables | Operators with precedence and associativity | Control flow statements with Examples |
| Modular Programming using functions | Numeric Arrays :1D and 2D arrays | Character Arrays, String functions |
| Searching algorithms | Sorting Algorithms | Problem Solving using Hacker rank |
| DSA & Competitive problem solving – 60 hrs. – 15 Days – 3 weeks | ||
| Time and Space Complexity | Utopian Tree | Viral Advertising |
| Birthday Cake Candles | Migratory Birds | Kaprekar Number |
| Pangram String and Anagram String | Palindrome Index | Array Rotation |
| Pointers: Declaration and Initialization, types, pointer to pointers | Structures: Definition, structure variable, member access, nested structures | Introduction to Data Structures: Stacks, Queues, Linked List |
| Dynamic Memory Allocation | Static Stack and Dynamic Stack | Static Queue and Dynamic Queue |
| Circular Queue | Linked List: Singly Linked List | Doubly Linked List |
| File Handling Using C | Text and Binary Files | Problem Solving using Hacker rank |
| Mastering OOP using C++ – 60 hrs. – 15 Days – 3 weeks | ||
| Basic input / output: cin, cout, >> and << operators, endl, setw | Understanding namespace | Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming |
| Classes and objects, Encapsulation, Data hiding, abstraction | Access Specifiers – Private and Protected, This pointer | Constructors and Destructors |
| Friend functions and operator overloading | Inheritance | Run time polymorphism |
| Exception Handling | Lambda Expression | Smart Pointers |
| Templates | STL Algorithms | STL Container Classes |
| Iterators | ||
| Embedded Systems Programming and Real-Time Control | ||
| ARM Cortex-M Architecture with Embedded C Programming – 60 hrs. – 15 Days – 3 weeks | ||
| Cross Compilers- arm-none-eabi-gcc, armclang, Toolchain: compiler(gcc), assembler(as), linker (ld), debugger(gdb) | Conditional compiler directives and their significance in Embedded Software | Const, volatile qualifier and their use in Embedded Systems |
| Bit-wise operators and their use in low level programming | Structure padding, bitfields | Function pointers |
| Make-file | Building an Executable | Startup code, linker script and their use |
| Object file and map file | Debugging and Tracing | Coding standards/guidelines for secure and safe coding |
| ARM Cortex-M3 Architecture & LPC1768 Overview | GPIO Registers, GPIO Programming: LED Programming | Buzzer and switch programming |
| IO device programming: 16 x 2 LCD interfacing and programming | 4X4 matrix keypad Interfacing and programming | ADC Programming: LM35 temperature sensor interfacing and programming |
| Timer Peripheral Programming | ||
| Embedded Protocols and Driver Development – 40 hrs. – 10 Days – 2 weeks | ||
| PWM peripheral Programming | RTC (Real-Time Clock) | Watchdog Timer (WDT) |
| PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) & Clock Configuration | NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller) & Interrupt Handling | UART Communication |
| SPI Communication | SSP Communication | I2C Communication |
| Linux System Programming using C – 40 hrs. – 10 Days – 2 weeks | ||
| Linux Shell Commands | Manipulating files and directories | Manipulating data |
| Find and Grep | Variables in Bash Scripting | Control Statements in Bash |
| File Related System Calls | Process Management | Signal |
| IPC – Pipes, Message Queue, Shared Mem | Multithreading | Handling Race Condition using Mutex |
| Embedded AI & Automotive Foundation | ||
| Specialization - 1. Operating Systems | ||
| Linux Device Driver & kernel – 40 hrs. – 10 Days – 2 weeks | ||
| Introduction to kernel programming | Makefile | Simple kernel module |
| Kernel dependency module using EXPORT_SYMBOL and extern | Passing parameters to the kernel module | Introduction to device drivers |
| Character device driver and real device driver | Major and minor numbers | Real character device driver |
| USB device driver | ||
| Embedded RTOS (Free RTOS) Firmware Programming – 20 hrs. – 5 Days – 1 week | ||
| Overview of FreeRTOS: Features of freeRTOS, FreeRTOS source code organization | RTOS Concepts: Hard real time vs soft real time, Multi-threading/ Multi-tasking / Concurrent execution | Scheduling and Context switching |
| Memory management: Heap vs Stack memory, program memory vs data memory | FreeRTOS Heap Memory Management, different memory allocation schemes | FreeRTOS Heap Utility Functions, Optimizing memory |
| Concept of FreeRTOS Tasks | FreeRTOS Tasks APIs, Creating Tasks, Task Priorities, Task State Transitions | Scheduler: Scheduler Algorithms, Tick Interrupt, Idle task |
| Inter task Communication and synchronization: FreeRTOS Queue APIs | Data storage for Queue | Blocking read, write |
| Receiving data from multiple queues | Mailbox (using queue) | Interrupt Management: Events and ISRs, Tasks vs ISRs |
| Semaphores: Concept of semaphores, Binary Semaphores, Counting semaphores | Resource Management: Shared resources. Mutual Exclusion | |
| Specialization - 2. Automotive | ||
| Automotive - MBD and Autosar Application Software Development with MATLAB – 40 hrs. – 10 Days – 2 weeks | ||
| Introduction to MATLAB and Simulink | Data Types, Addressing Techniques, Linear Equation | Creating and manipulating matrices, Data Visualization (2D and 3D plots), Digital Image Processing |
| Introduction to MATLAB Programming: Loops and conditional statements | Files I/O, Function, Script, Subroutine | MATLAB Object Oriented Programming |
| Introduction to Simulink modeling and simulation | Modeling Dynamic System using Simulink | Simulation of Electrical, Mechanical System using MATLAB/Simulink |
| Embedded Coder: Generating C code from Simulink model | Introduction to Autosar: Automotive Software Architecture | ECU Modeling and Design |
| Qt Application Development for Automotive System – 20 hrs. – 5 Days – 1 week | ||
| Introduction to Qt Framework | Setting up the Qt Development Environment | Creating Your First Qt Widgets Application |
| Qt Widgets and Layouts | GUI Design using Qt Designer | Integrating C++ Classes with Qt |
| Model-View-Controller Basics | Signal-Slot Mechanism: Connecting UI actions with logic | Develop a simple infotainment UI |
| Specialization - 3. AI | ||
| Embedded AI and Edge Intelligence – 60 hrs. – 15 Days – 3 weeks | ||
| Introduction to TinyML & Edge AI: Edge AI vs. Cloud AI, Embedded AI use cases | Sensor Data Acquisition: Real-time data collection and visualization (e.g., using Serial Plotter) | Feature Extraction Techniques: Python/MATLAB-based feature extraction from sample sensor data |
| Intro to ML for Microcontrollers: Basic ML concepts-classification, regression, training, testing | TinyML Model Optimization: Quantize and test model using TensorFlow Lite | AI Model Deployment |
FAQs
Who is eligible to enroll in this course?
The course is designed for:
- Engineering graduates in Electronics, Electrical, Circuit Branches, etc.
- Working professionals seeking to enhance their skills in embedded systems
Is prior programming experience required?
While not mandatory, a basic understanding of C programming is beneficial. The course covers programming fundamentals to ensure all participants can grasp the concepts effectively.
What topics are covered in the curriculum?
The program includes comprehensive modules on:
- Embedded C Programming
- Data Structures
- ARM Cortex-M Microcontroller Programming
- RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems)
- Automotive Communication Protocols (CAN, LIN)
- MATLAB/Simulink for Embedded Systems
- IoT Integration
- PCB Design and Simulation
- Embedded Linux
What tools and software are used during the training?
Students gain practical experience with industry-standard tools, including:
- Keil uVision
- Proteus
- MATLAB/Simulink
- ModelSim
- Arduino IDE
- Raspberry Pi
- Embedded Linux Development Tools
Is the course available online?
Yes, Cranes Varsity offers live instructor-led online sessions, allowing flexibility for remote learning.
What certification will I receive upon completion?
Upon successful completion, students receive a Postgraduate Diploma Certificate from Cranes Varsity. Additionally, students enrolled in the Embedded and Automotive program can apply for NASSCOM certification after clearing the IT-ITeS SSC examination.
Does Cranes Varsity provide placement assistance?
Yes, Cranes Varsity offers 100% job assistance, leveraging partnerships with over 500 hiring companies. Placement support includes:
- Resume preparation
- Mock interviews
- Access to job opportunities in embedded systems and related fields
What is the batch size for the course?
To ensure personalized attention and effective learning, the batch size is limited to 30 students.
What is the fee structure for the course?
The exact fee details are not publicly listed. For information on course fees and available scholarships, please contact Cranes Varsity directly.
Are there any scholarships or financial aid options available?
Cranes Varsity offers a Scholarship Test. For eligibility criteria, test dates, and details on fee waivers, please reach out to their admissions team.
How can I enroll in the Embedded Systems course at Cranes Varsity?
- Online: Fill out the application form on the official website, and a dedicated admission counselor will contact you.
- Offline: Visit the Cranes Varsity campus for direct inquiries and enrollment assistance.
What are the career prospects after completing the Embedded Systems course?
Graduates can explore various roles, such as:
- Embedded Systems Engineer
- Firmware Developer
- Automotive Systems Engineer
- IoT Solutions Architect
- Embedded Software Developer
- RTOS Developer
