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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The embedded systems industry has been leaving behind many sectors in terms of development and expansion and with it the C programming industry to has started to flourish in the current scenario. After estimating its growth rates, this industry has been anticipated to rise a lot more in the upcoming years, giving birth to new career options as well as better job positions and roles.
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology brings this programme to the applicants and delivers them the best contents one would require to get hold of the flairs of the industry. Certificate Course on Embedded C and ARM Cortex Microcontrollers is a 4-week long programme that has come up with some specially curated content to offer the best knowledge and abilities to its participants.
It covers an advanced level of C programming and teaches the candidates significant concepts in a detailed version, leaving no place for doubts. Everything that the applicants would need to make a career in the domain has been well put in the course and will definitely benefit their professional lives.
The Highlights
- NIELIT faculty
- Government certification
- 4-week long
- Fee waiver for SC/ST students
- NIELIT certification
- Practical oriented
Programme Offerings
- Practical Sessions
- Projects
- Lab facilities
- Instructor led classroom.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | NIELIT Calicut |
The fees for Certificate Course on Embedded C and ARM Cortex Microcontrollers is -
| Head | Amount |
| Course Fees | Rs. 16,800 |
Eligibility Criteria
Education
B.E/ B.Tech in Electronics and Communication/ Instrumentation/ Information Technology/ Computer Science/ Electronics/ Electrical and Electronics/ Biomedical or M.E/ M.Tech in the same/ 3 year Diploma in Electronics/ M.Sc in Information Technology/ Electronics/ Computer Science/ Instrumentation are the degrees among which one is a must for candidates to have for Embedded C and ARM Cortex Microcontrollers course. Some background in Basic Electronics as well as C programming too is necessary for admission to the course.
Applicants who are waiting for the results from one of these courses can also register for the programme.
Certification Qualifying Details
Completing the course and all its contents successfully is the only prerequisite for the certification.
What you will learn
A variety of in-demand skills could be learned by the applicants from Embedded C and ARM Cortex Microcontrollers certificate course.
- The candidates will first learn concepts of embedded systems which includes both the hardware and software architecture of the embedded systems.
- The applicants will learn to categorise embedded systems and will gain further knowledge of the application and communication software.
- Then the participants will be introduced to C programming and the various kinds of data types to be stored in the storage classes of the application.
- Learning the structures in the C programming language, its memory management feature bitwise and file operations will be of key importance to the candidates’ works.
- Participants will be given an overview of the Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) and its architecture which will take care of the theoretical end of the course.
- Mastering their skills on the industry-leading Cortex-M3 controller will be an excellent plus point for the applicants.
Who it is for
Although quite a number of people can apply for the course, only some of them will truly benefit from it.
- The course will prove to be very valuable for freshers and students who want an entry into the industry to make it their career lines.
- Enthusiasts looking to sharpen their C programming skills to gain an upper-hand in the embedded systems industry are perfect applicants for the course.
Admission Details
Instructions to apply for the course are mentioned below.
Step 1: Official website of the course has to be visited: https://nielit.gov.in/calicut/course-calendar?coursecode=ED501
Step 2: On the website, candidates will find an ‘Apply Now’ link.
Step 3: It will take the candidates to a notice page with a link to a page of registration.
Step 4: After the candidates have registered, they have to finish their application through payment.
Step 5: A few days after the application period ends, the list of selected candidates will be released.
Step 6: If the candidates find their names in the list, they will be informed of the remainder of the admission process via email. They can also contact the course support desk in case of queries.
The Syllabus
- Introduction to embedded systems
- Application Areas
- Categories of embedded systems
- Overview of embedded system architecture
- Specialties of embedded systems
- Recent trends in embedded systems
- Architecture of embedded systems
- Hardware architecture
- Software architecture
- Application Software
- Communication Software
- Development and debugging Tools.
- Introduction to ‘C’ programming
- Storage Classes
- Data Types
- Controlling program flow
- Arrays
- Functions
- Memory Management
- Pointers
- Arrays and Pointers
- Pointer to Functions and advanced topics on Pointers
- Structures and Unions
- Data Structures
- Linked List
- Stacks
- Queues
- Conditional Compilation
- Preprocessor directives
- File operations
- Variable arguments in Functions
- Command line arguments
- Bitwise operations
- Typecasting
- Introduction to the ARM architecture
- Overview of ARM
- Overview of Cortex architecture
- Cortex M3 based controller architecture
- Memory mapping
- Cortex M3 Peripherals –GPIOs
- Timers
- UARTs
- ADC
- Cortex M3 interrupt handling – NVIC
- Application development with Cortex M3 controllers with standard peripheral libraries.
Evaluation process
No exams will be conducted for the course admission and the selection criteria will be merit-based strictly.
NIELIT Calicut Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
The coordinator of the course will be Shoukath Cherukat. He is one of the best faculties of NIELIT and is a specialist in Engineering.
The programme has the course code ED501. It will be mentioned under the short-term courses of NIELIT on its website.
The course is seeing a faster rise in its applicants as it provides mastery in the C programming language which is the most widely used language for the development of embedded systems all across the world.
The ability to make embedded applications with embedded C programming and use ARM Cortex M for its development will be their final and strongest ability from the course.
The programme gives the candidates of the SC/ST community a fee waiver. They will need to pay a small amount of money as a security deposit and that too will be returned back to them after the course is finished.
The registration fee will be refunded back to the candidates if either they cancelled their application a long time before the admission process or if the course was postponed to an inconvenient date.
The applications that would be received for the course will be sorted in terms of eligibility and programming knowledge first and then the candidates with higher grades in their qualifying degrees will be selected.
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology at Calicut provides a total of 15 seats for the Certificate Course on Embedded C and ARM Cortex Microcontrollers.
The programme will offer some really good job roles to the candidates at the end of the course such as trainee engineers.