Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT)

Professional Certificate of Competency in Industrial Internet of Things

IoT provides advanced data collection, connectivity, and analysis of information collected by computers everywhere – taking the concepts of machine-to-machine communication farther than ever before. The growing need for pervasive connectivity, storage, and computation has resulted in the growth of different IoT solutions. Therefore, learning the fundamentals of this emerging technology is very important. IoT is already a critical part of Industry 4.0 and hence the participants must be able to understand other technologies that can be integrated along with it, to improve application efficiency. Proactiveness and creativity are the key attitudes expected from the participants. This course would equip the participants with a solid theoretical foundation and strong practical skills in the IoT Platform and System Design. The course is divided into twelve modules and will start with simple examples and integrate the techniques using which participants can design and build an actual IoT system. The participants are expected to actively engage in discussions and work innovatively on assignments. Course Benefits

• You may be eligible to claim CPD points through your local engineering association.
• Make design trade-offs between hardware and software.
• Work with key components of networking that can connect various devices to the Internet.
• Implement communication between smartphones and home appliances

Module 1: Introduction to IoT

• Internet of Things
• Need for IoT
• Components of IoT
• Embedded Systems
• Operating System’s Role in IoT
• Hardware and Software Interaction

Module 2: Basics of Networking

• Communication Protocols
• Machine-to-Machine Communications
• Sensor Networks
• Magnets and Their Need in IoT

Module 3: C Programming

• Data Types
• Variables
• Operators
• Conditional Statements
• Loops
• Functions
• Arrays, Strings

Module 4: Introduction to Arduino

• Microcontroller vs. Microprocessor
• Need for Arduino
• Installation of Arduino
• Concept of digital and analogue ports
• Familiarizing with Arduino Interfacing Board
• Arduino Sketch Structure and Flow
• Arduino Sketch Main Loop and Calling Functions

Module 5: Integration of Sensors and Actuators with Arduino

• Display – Serial Monitor, 8-Bit LCD Message Display
• Sensors – Humidity, Temperature, Water Detector, PIR Sensor, etc.
• Connecting Switch (Magnetic Relay Switches)
• Relay and Its Types
• Serial Input
• Usage of Buzzer

Module 6: Smart Home Irrigation Case Studies Using Arduino

• Intelligent Home Locking System
• Home Automation Using RFID
• Real-Time Clock-Based Home Automation
• Intelligent Water Level Management System
• Intelligent Automatic Irrigation System

Module 7: Python Programming

• Basic Data Types
• Operators
• Input() Functions
• Loops
• Conditional Statements
• Functions

Module 8: Introduction to Raspberry Pi

• Raspberry Pi 3 Hardware
• Raspberry Pi 3 OS
• Powering Up and Running
• Connecting to a Network

Module 9: Implementation of IoT using Raspberry Pi

• Button and LED
• LED Bar Graph
• Buzzer
• AD/DA Converter
• Photoresistor and RGBLED

Module 10: Industrial/Home Automation Case Studies Using Raspberry Pi

• Corporate surveillance and remote monitoring for the Factory Floor
• Contactless Thermal Scanning in Industry
• Automatic Human Following Trolley
• Control Lights in Christmas Tree
• Home Network Music System

Module 11: Software Defined Networking

• Introduction
• Challenges and Benefits
• SDN Protocol
• SDN for IoT

Module 12: Advanced Topics

• Cloud Computing in IoT
• Fog Computing
• Industrial IoT
• Smart Cities and Smart Homes
• Smart Grid

Upon completion of this Professional Certificate, students will be able to:

• Make design trade-offs between hardware and software
• Work with key components of networking that can connect various devices to the Internet
• Implement communication between smartphones and home appliances
• Use an Android device to perform functions such as sensing light, heat, GPS tracking, or providing a user-interface display
• Use Python-based IDE (integrated development environments) for the Raspberry Pi and how to trace and debug Python code on the device.

We are living in an era where everything is getting transformed into smart: smartphones, smart watches, smart TVs, etc. Any person who aspires to build smart things would benefit from this course.

Potential job outcomes could include:

• Cell and UI development
• Device and hardware
• Protection
• Network and structure
• Data Analytics

Our Virtual Open Week is our biggest live and online event yet. A range of sessions will be presented (and recorded) across multiple days during the week of Monday the 12th of October 2026.

You are expected to spend approximately 5-8 hours per week learning the course content. This includes attending fortnightly webinars that run for about 90 minutes to facilitate class discussion and allow you to ask questions. This program has a 65% attendance requirement in the live webinars to graduate from the program.  If you are unable to attend the live webinars, you have the option of watching the recording of completed webinars and sending a summary of what you have learnt from the webinar to the Learning Support officer.  The summaries go towards your attendance requirement for the program.

This program is run online on an intensive part-time basis and has been designed to fit around full-time work. It will take three months to complete.

We understand that sometimes work commitments and personal circumstances can get in the way of your studies, so if at any point you feel that you are struggling with the pace of the course or finding a particular module challenging, you are encouraged to contact your designated Learning Support Officer for assistance.