intermediate~80 hours

Embedded Systems Engineer

A practical path for building embedded products end to end: electrical fundamentals, microcontroller programming, real-time operating systems, and the hardware design skills needed to ship a board.

Electrical Foundations

The circuit theory every embedded engineer needs.

Ohm's Law & Circuit Analysis

Voltage, current, resistance, and basic network analysis techniques.

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Passive Components

Resistors, capacitors, and inductors in time and frequency domain.

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Power Supply Basics

Linear regulators, switching converters, and decoupling.

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Microcontroller Programming

Programming the hardware that runs embedded products.

GPIO, Timers & Interrupts

Digital I/O, hardware timers, and interrupt-driven design.

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Communication Protocols

UART, SPI, and I2C: framing, timing, and common pitfalls.

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Analog I/O (ADC/DAC)

Sampling, quantization, and reading sensors accurately.

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Real-Time Systems

Building firmware that meets timing guarantees.

RTOS Concepts

Tasks, schedulers, and the trade-offs versus bare-metal loops.

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Task Scheduling & Priorities

Priority inversion, preemption, and deadline analysis.

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Interrupt-Safe Design

optional

Critical sections, atomic access, and lock-free patterns.

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Hardware Design

Turning a schematic into a manufacturable board.

PCB Design Basics

Schematic capture, footprints, and layer stack-up decisions.

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Signal Integrity Fundamentals

optional

Trace impedance, termination, and ground return paths.

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EMC Considerations

optional

Designing for electromagnetic compatibility from the start.

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