Introduction to IoT

• Definition and concept of Internet of Things
• History and evolution of IoT
• IoT architecture and layers
• Difference between IoT and M2M
• IoT ecosystem components

IoT Devices & Sensors

• Types of sensors: Temperature, Humidity, Motion, Light
• Actuators and their role in IoT
• Microcontrollers: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP32
• Single Board Computers (SBC)
• Wearable IoT devices

Communication Protocols

• MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport)
• CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol)
• HTTP/HTTPS in IoT
• Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave
• LoRaWAN and NB-IoT

IoT Applications

• Smart Home automation
• Healthcare and wearable health monitors
• Industrial IoT (IIoT) and Smart Manufacturing
• Smart Agriculture and precision farming
• Smart Cities: traffic, waste, energy management

IoT Security

• Security challenges in IoT
• Common vulnerabilities and attacks
• Authentication and encryption methods
• Secure communication protocols
• Privacy concerns and data protection

Cloud & Data in IoT

• Cloud computing for IoT
• IoT data collection and storage
• Big Data analytics in IoT
• Edge computing vs Cloud computing
• Real-time data processing