Introduction to ESR

• Definition of Embedded Systems & Robotics
• Embedded System General Computing
• Careers in Embedded Systems & Robotics
• Why TechieNest for this Training?
• Sciences Involved, Terminologies used
• Application Areas, Features, Advantages
• Industrial Facets, Need & Use
• Latest Trends & Upcoming Technologies

Introduction to Technologies

• Brief Introduction to Basic Analog & Digital Electronics
• Origin of Integrated Circuits, Advantages
• Introduction to Various ICs used in Embedded Systems

Microprocessors & Microcontrollers

• Basic Concept of Processing & Controlling
• Computer Architectures
• Microcontrollers & their Functional Architectures
• Differences between MPU & MCU
• Various Microcontrollers & their features

AVR ATMega16 Microcontroller, pin description

Embedded C Programming

• Fundamentals of Embedded C
• The control structures, loops, functions
• The General Purpose Input Output Registers
• The concept of compiler, interpreter & Simulator

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

• Symbol, Working, Types, Functions
• Programming MCU to interface an LED

Practical 1: Glowing LEDs in Simulation

Practical 2: Simulating AVR to glow an LED using Programming

Practical 3: Generating Various Patterns on Multiple LEDs (Blinking, Chaser, BCD etc.)

Practical 4: Generating Diverging & Converging Patterns of LEDs

Introduction and Working of LED Matrix

Practical 5: Interfacing 8×8 LED Matrix with AVR Microcontroller

Project 1: Single Character Display on LED Matrix

Seven Segment Displays (SSDs)

Practical 6: Interfacing single SSD to display single digit counters

Practical 7: Multiplexing multiple SSDs using Hardware Optimization Concept

Project 2: Traffic Light Controlling Prototype

Project 3: Digital Clock Display

DC Motors

• The basic concept of motors (Torque, RPM, etc.)
• Types (brushless, geared, etc.)
• Working Methodology of various motors (DC motor, stepper motor,

servo motors etc.)

• Motor Drivers: Need, features, Driver ICs

Practical 8: Controlling a simple DC motor rotation (CW, CCW) using MCU.

Practical 9: 8 direction movement of a two motor based robotic vehicle system.

Project 4: Timer Based Automatic Door Opening & Closing

Sensors

• Significance, and Need of Sensors
• Differences between Sensor, Actuators and Transducers
• Types of Sensors (Analog and Digital) & their Working
• Infra-Red rays (applications & range), Line-of- Sight
• (LOS) Communication
• Infra-Red Sensor: Circuitry & Working
• Working & Circuitry of a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR)
• Taking Input from sensor to microcontroller

Practical 10: Interfacing LDR with MCU as light controlled switch

Practical 11: Interfacing IR Sensor as a touch less switch with AVR

Practical 12: IR sensor as a binary color sensor

Project 5: Sun light based Street Light Controlling Prototype

Project 6: Obstacle Detector Robot

Project 7: Light Searching Robot

Project 8: Edge Follower (Never Falling Robot)

Project  9: Black/White line follower Robot

Project 10: Grid Counter Bot

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

• Origin of Displays, historical background
• Various Techniques used for Displays
• Why LCD?
• Types of LCD used in Embedded Systems,
• Working methodology & Pin Description of 16×2 LCD
• Registers & Memory Space in LCD
• Modes of Operations
• LCD Commands
• Creating Functions for various operations to use LCD with microcontroller

Practical 13: Printing a Single Character using Microcontroller on LCD

Practical 14: Displaying a String on LCD using AVR

Practical 15: Showing a Numeric Value (or Variable) on LCD

Practical 16: Rotating Single Characters/string on LCD

Practical 17: Sand-watch display of String or character on LCD

Project 11: Digital Stop Watch

• • Concept of Memory Mapping
  • Creating user defined character library in the LCD memory
  • Creating Function for a new character generation in LCD

  Practical 18: Printing a User Defined character on LCD

Project 12: Creating a Custom Animation/Game of your choice

Frequency Synthesizing Techniques(DTMF)

• Tele Switching Concepts
• Concept of Dual Tone Multiple Frequencies
• DTMF Encoding & Decoding Process

Practical 19: Interfacing DTMF module with AVR to control LEDs

Project 13: Mobile Controlled Robotic Vehicle

Project 14: Cellphone operated Water Irrigation Pump Controlling

Relays

• Definition, Working Methodology,
• Types, Advantages & Application Areas
• Important Specifications
• Switching/Controlling of DC Relay using Microcontrollers
• (Transistorized Switches)
• The Darlington Pair; Inductor Driver ICs (ULN2003/ULN2803)

Practical 20: Interfacing Relay with AVR

Practical 21: Interfacing ULN IC with AVR to control Switching of Multiple Relays

Project 15: Seminar/Conference Hall Automation

Keys/Switches

• Types, Working & Uses
• The Pull-Up Concept
• Interfacing single switch with Microcontroller
• Interfacing Multiple linear Keys with MCU

Practical 22: Taking Input from single Key to MCU to ON/OFF led

Practical 23: Taking Input from multiple Keys to MCU to control SSD

Project 16: Curtain Opener

Project 17: Manually Controlled Smart Shopping Vehicle for Mall/Store Management.

Keypad Matrix

• Concept of Keypad matrix
• Taking input from 4×3 Keypad Matrix

Practical 24: Interfacing 4×3 Keypad Matrix and displaying results

(numbers) on LCD

Project 18: Password controlled security systems for Restricted Areas

Project 19: Basic Calculator using Keypad Matrix and LCD

Analog to Digital Converters (ADC)

• Definition & Need of ADCs
• Circuitries used for Analog to Digital Conversion
• Inbuilt ADC in AVR Microcontrollers
• Available channels, Size & Various Registers used
• Creating function to take an analog input on AVR and converting it into
• Digital for further Processing

Analog Sensors

• Real World Information Interfacing with Microcontrollers
• Interfacing analog IR sensors
• Practical 25: Displaying the analog value of IR Sensor on LCDPractical 26: Making a digital scaling system for small distance measurement

Project 20: Color Matching Machine

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• Temperature Sensor: Concept, Scaling Factor & interfacing with AVR

Practical 27: Interfacing Temperature Sensor with AVR MCU

Project 21: Digital Thermometer

Project 22: Temperature Sensor based Alerting/Alarming System for process controlling & monitoring

Project 23: Microcontroller based Smart Home for improved Energy

Efficiency & Security Aspects

Ultrasonic Sensor

• Concept, Capabilities & limitations.
• Applications.

Practical 28: Interfacing Ultrasonic Sensor with AVR

Project 24: Distance measurement of an object using ultrasonic sensor.

Project 25: Smart Radar navigation system

Touch Sensors/Screens

• History & Origin of Touch Screens
• Different Types of Touch Screens
• Resistive Touch Screens: Working Principle
• Calculation of Touch Co-ordinates over Touch Screen
• Taking input from a Touch Screen to AVR MCU

Practical 29: Interfacing Resistive Touch Screens with AVR

Project 26: Touch Screen Based Pattern Locking Enabled Locker

Accelerometers

• The MEMS Technology
• Gyroscopic Sensors or Accelerometers
• Taking input of 3-Dimensional Motion Information into Microcontroller

Practical 30: Interfacing an MEMS based Accelerometer with AVR

Project 27: HMI(Human Machine Interface) Controlled Wheel Chair

Communication Protocols

• Various Communication Protocols
• RS232 Protocol; Baud Rate and Bit Rate
• The concept of Serial/Parallel Synchronous/Asynchronous

communication to send data bits

• Inbuilt Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/ Transmitter in

AVR

• USART registers & their working
• Creating functions to Establish Serial Communication of PC with

Microcontroller using communication ports

Practical 31: Sending/ Receiving Data from/to PC to/from Microcontroller

Displaying it on LCD.

Practical 32: Controlling Microcontroller Operations using PC

Project 28: PC Controlled security system

Bluetooth

• Definition, Concept
• Working Range, Application Area

Practical 33: Interfacing Bluetooth with microcontroller Controlling Microcontroller Operations

Project29: PC Controlled Wireless Smart Food Serving Robot

Project30: Android Smartphone Bluetooth Controlled Modern Home Automation System

Voice Processing

• The Concept of Voice processing

Project31: Voice Control Robot

Project 32: Voice Control Smart Automation

RIFD

• The Concept of RFID card & its reader
• Tag based security analysis

Practical 34: Interfacing RFID Reader with ATMega16

Practical 35: Switching Electrical Appliances using RFID card

Project 33:RIFD Base Attendence System

Project 34: Smart Card Based Security System 

Global Sevices for Mobile (GSM)

• Introduction to mobile communication
• Introduction to GSM terminology
• GSM Frequency bands
• GSM/CDMA
• Importance of SIM, Scope and Advantages of GSM
• GSM AT Commands

Practical 36: GSM Network testing in GSM Modem

Practical 37: GSM AT Commands testing for reading SMS, dial a number

Practical 38: GSM call answering / halt

Practical 39: Sending SMS from GSM modem to another mobile

Techie Automate

Project35: SMS controlled Irrigation water controller system

Project 36: SMS based Mordern HOME AUTOMATION

Project 37: Bank Robbery Alert System

Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Introduction to GPS
• Satellites and its orbits
• Range, Accuracy and Tracking
• Longitude and Latitude

Practical 40: GPS network testing in GPS module

Practical 41: Displaying GPS location coordinates

Techie Chase (Project based on GPS & GSM)

Project 38: School Kids Security System Based on GPS

Project 39: Live Vehicle tracking System

Project 40: Auto Accident Detection and Alert Generation System

TV Remote

1. Introduction to TV remote
2. Interfacing TV remote with AVR MCU

Practical 44: Checking Remote Keys on Serial Port

Wi-Fi Module (esp8266)

1. Introduction to esp8266
2. Esp8266 basic AT commands
3. Pins & its definitions
4. Wi-Fi channel selection
5. Technology protocol, security and its applications
6. Setting esp8266 as a Client and Server
7. Voltage Level and its distribution
8. Setting esp8266 in different Wi-Fi modes

Practical 45: Designing a personal Network

Practical 46: Designing a local Server

Project 45: Wi-Fi controlled personal Robot

Project46: Wi-Fi switch

Practical 47: Designing a esp8266 as a global server

Project 47:  Wi-Fi controlled personal Robot

Project 48: Internet-Enabled Home Automation System

Project 49: Development of Weather information sharing center

EEPROM(Internal)

1. Concept of RAM, ROM and Flash Memory
2. Arrays, Structures, ASCII Data accessing
3. Use of Various Other Libraries (math.h, string.h etc.)
4. Memory data storage
5. Internal EEPROM in ATMEGA16

Practical 48: Storing text to EEPROM

Practical 49: Writing a character to EEPROM

Practical 50: Reading a character from EEPROM and displaying it on LCD

Project 50: Storing/Retrieving Security passwords to EEPROM

Project 51: Non Volatile Embedded System Database

Biometric Scanners

1. Fingerprint Scanning
2. Printers & Scanners
3. Protocol behind data storage
4. Data storage and its matching

Practical 51: Fingerprint Scanning

Practical 52: Data storing in memory and its accessing

Practical 53: Fingerprint matching

Project 52: Biometric based daily attendance system

Project 53: Biometric based advanced security system

Timers/Counters

1. 1. Definition of Timer and Counter
   2. Uses, Types
   3. AVR inbuilt Timer/Counter Circuitries
   4. Registers, Functions, Various mode of Operation
   5. Controlling the amplitude of Voltage or Current
   6. Generation of multiple frequencies
   7. Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) using Timer

Practical 54: Variation in the intensity of LED

Practical 5: Generating Multiple Frequencies

Practical 56: Speed control of DC motor using Timer/Counter

Project 54: Virtual Touch Piano

Interrupts

1. Overview
2. Uses, Types
3. AVR status register
4. Interrupt Service Routine(ISR)
5. Timer & Counter as an Internal Interrupt
6. Enabling & Disabling of Interrupts

Practical 57: Glowing LED by IR sensor as an external Interrupt

Project 55 : Automatic Irrigation System in which controlling the gate of water tank using Bluetooth & turning off water motor automatically

Communication Protocols (SPI )

1. Transmission Speed and its security
2. Synchronous and Asynchronous mode of communication
3. Master and Slave concepts
4. Assigning separate address
5. SPI Register description

Practical 58: SPI testing between two MCU

Practical 59: Sending sensor data from master to slaves

 Project 56: Data Multiplexing for industrial Automation

Memory Card Interfacing

1. Types of data storage devices
2. SD cards and its types
3. Pin configuration and its protocol
4. Data clustering
5. Cells storage and its accessing
6. Reading and writing information

Practical 60: Accessing information from the memory using MCU

Practical 61: Real time data storage and its accessing on display

Project 57: Big data Storage and Management System

Communication Protocols (I2C )

1. Features
2. I2C Bus Definition
3. Working methodology
4. Data Transfer & Frame Format
5. TWI Register description

Practical 62: I2C testing between two MCU

Practical 63: Sending sensor data from master to slaves

Project 58: I2C Protocol based real time clock control application

Real Time Clock(RTC)

1. Inter-Interface controller
2. Protocol Understanding and its uses
3. Applications of the protocol
4. RTC and its interfacing

Practical 64: Interfacing RTC with MCU

Practical 65: Displaying RTC format data on LCD

Project 59: Real Time Data logging System

Project 60: Daily Time Management System and AI alarm generation System

EEPROM(External)

1. Overview
2. Electrical Interface
3. Working methodology

Practical 66: Password based locker security system

 Project 61: Electronic voting machine

Introduction to Arduino family

1. Types of Arduino family
2. Arduino Board
3. Introduction to Arduino UNO
4. Arduino Software (IDE)
5. Discussion about various libraries
6. Programming of Arduino UNO
7. Light Emitting Diode (LED)
8. Interfacing of LED with Arduino UNO

Practical 67: Blinking of LED

Practical 68: Developing own LED patterns

Motor

1. Introduction to various types of motors
2. Working Methodology of various motors (DC motor, stepper motor,
3. servo motors etc.)
4. Interfacing of DC motor with Arduino UNO
5. Interfacing of Stepper motor with Arduino UNO
6. Interfacing of Servo motor with Arduino UNO

Practical 69: Controlling a simple DC, Stepper  Servo motor rotation

CCW) using Arduino

Project 62: Specific degree rotation of DC, Stepper & Servo moto

Project 63:Rain sensing automatic car wiper

Graphical Liquid Crystal Display (GLCD)

1. Introduction to GLCD
2. Working principle of GLCD
3. Pin configuration of GLCD
4. Features of GLCD
5. Interfacing of Graphical LCD with Arduino UNO

Practical 70: Printing a Single Character on GLCD

Practical 71: Displaying a String on GLCD

Practical 72: Showing a Numeric Value on GLCD

Practical 73: Displaying special or customize characters on

GLCD page

Practical 74: Digital Stop Watch

Project 64: Displaying customize image on GLCD

Sensors

1. Introduction of Analog & Digital mode of sensors
2. Working methodology of different sensors
3. Interfacing of IR & LDR sensors with Arduino UNO in different modes

  Practical 75: Sun light based Street Light Controlling Prototype

Project 65: Visitor Counter

Project 66: Seminar Hall automation

Flex sensor

1. Working methodology
2. Specifications of Flex sensor & its applications
3. Interfacing of flex sensor with Arduino UNO

Practical 76: Intensity variation of LED using Flex sensor

Project 67: Generating tones by tapping fingers using Arduino UNO

Heart Beat sensor

1. Working methodology
2. Specifications of Heart beat sensor & its applications
3. Interfacing of Heart beat sensor with Arduino UNO

Practical 77: Pulse meter

Project 68: Generating Alert after Heart attack detection

DHT11

1. Types & Applications
2. Pin configuration
3. Working Methodology

Practical 78: Interfacing of DHT11 with Arduino

Project 69: Calculating dew point of atmosphere

Brain Wave

1. 1. EEG (Electroencephalography)
   2. Brainwaves & its types.

• Sensor to record Brainwaves

Practical 79: Interfacing of BW Module with Microcontroller

Project 70: Mind Control Robot.

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