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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
140 hours of effort
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 registration fee for the course is Rs. 1,000 in the case of general students and that for SC/ST students is Rs. 500.
The tuition fee of the course is Rs. 16,800 for general category students and Rs. 2,000 for students of SC/ST category.
All the cost being paid by the SC/ST category students is refundable on the condition that they finish the course.

Category	Amount In Rs.
	Amount (General)	Amount (SC/ST)
Registration cost	Rs. 1,000	Rs. 500
Tuition fee	Rs. 16,800	Rs. 2,000

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

Knowledge of engineering

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://www.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)

1: Who will be coordinating the course?

The coordinator of the course will be Shoukath Cherukat. He is one of the best faculties of NIELIT and is a specialist in Engineering.

2: What is the course code for this programme?

The programme has the course code ED501. It will be mentioned under the short-term courses of NIELIT on its website.

3: Why is this course popular?

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.

4: What will be the greatest skill achieved from this course?

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.

5: Are options of financial assistance available on 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.

6: Can the registration fee be refunded?

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.

7: How will the candidates be selected?

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.

8: How many seats are there for Embedded C and ARM Cortex Microcontrollers course?

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.

9: What job roles will open up after this course?

The programme will offer some really good job roles to the candidates at the end of the course such as trainee engineers.