Fleming College

Program Highlights

The widescale adoption of connected devices and wireless sensing has created new trends in the job market. Today, companies increasingly need employees skilled in hands-on mechatronics and microcontroller programming. Fleming College’s Embedded Systems Design micro-credential series will train you in the key skills needed for the integration of electronic, mechanical, and computing systems in everyday work.

Each micro-credential in this series will cover one or more of the fundamental skills required for embedded systems design. By completing the full micro-credential series you will have the technical know-how to be competitive for entry-level positions within the fields of mechatronics, embedded systems design, and the Internet of Things.

Course Delivery

Each of these online courses is delivered asynchronously. Each course can therefore be completed at your own pace and on your own schedule, with submission of the final applied project within a 2-month window.

Admission Requirements

The minimum admission requirement for entrance into this program is: 19 years of age or older, or an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or its equivalent.

Additional Costs

There is an additional cost of approximately $60 to $190 for specific instructional supplies for the applied project. Some supplies can be reused for multiple courses. Details will be sent by email upon registration.

Credential

Micro-Credential.

You will receive a digital badge after completing each of the courses in this series, and a Statement of Achievement upon completion of the entire series.

Courses in Embedded Systems Design

Details and registration below

Embedded Systems Design Microcredential

• Embedded Systems Design 1-Firmware Development for Microcontrollers (COMP661)
• Embedded Systems Design 2-Sensor Integration, Motor Control (COMP662)
• Embedded Systems Design 3-Position and Orientation Control (COMP663)
• Embedded Systems Design 4-Feedback Control System (COMP664)

Embedded Systems Design Microcredential

Embedded Systems Design 1-Firmware Development for Microcontrollers

COMP661

Learn the fundamentals of microcontroller firmware development using the C programming language. You will learn about the compilation process, variables, data types, operators, branches, loops, functions, arrays, pointers, data structures, interrupt handling, and debugging. You will also discover how to use a source code version control system for collaborative firmware development.

Embedded Systems Design 2-Sensor Integration, Motor Control

COMP662

Familiarize yourself with methods used in capturing information from the outside world, conditioning the captured data for microcontroller-level processing, and generating signals to control external actuators. Learn to select and read input variables such as temperature, acceleration, proximity, and distance using the standard communication protocols for interfacing sensors with microcontrollers/computers. This micro-credential includes hands-on experience with industry standard protocols such as I2C, SPI and UART. You will also learn basic actuators like DC/AC motors and stepper and servo motors.

Embedded Systems Design 3-Position and Orientation Control

COMP663

Become familiar with the position and orientation control methods by implementing complex sensors such as accelerometers and rotational encoders. You will gain an understanding of the numeric methods that can help obtain speed and position, when necessary, through mathematical integration or differentiation of digital values. Capture the different analog and digital signals generated by speed and acceleration sensors by applying the serial communication protocols. Finally, you will implement a position control system that uses accelerometers and encoders to control the position and speed of a tricycle robot.

Embedded Systems Design 4-Feedback Control System

COMP664

Develop your understanding of feedback control systems by learning about feedback control structure, system transfer function, proportional- integral-derivative (PID) controller and system design. Implement your knowledge of the previous micro-credentials of this series to design a controller system for a tri-cycle path finding robot. Completion of this micro-credential will prepare you for entry-level jobs in the field of mechatronics.