CS4101: IoT App Development

• Introduction to IoT Applications
• IoT Fundamentals: What is IoT? IoT Applications, How IoT works?
• IoT Ecosystem: Various technical components of IoT
• Things in IoT: Sensors, Actuators, Smart objects
• IoT Architecture: 3 Layer Design, 4 Layer Design, oneM2M, IoTWF, Unified Two-Stack Architecture
• Access Technologies. Edge and Cloud. Internet. Web Applications.
• Programming with Arduino / NodeMCU
• MCU: Overview of basic Arduino/NodeMCU Board, Arduino IDE
• Arduino Programming: Getting Started with In-built Arduino Sketches. Writing sketches for Digital IO, Analog IO, Reading Data from Sensors, Sending Command to Actuators, Storing Data in Memory, Showing Results in Connected Display (LCD, OLED).
• Serial Communication: UART, I2C, SPI, and their use
• Basics of IoT App Development
• Establish Connectivity among different components: Microcontroller, Sensor, Actuator, Access Network, Internet, Cloud
• Establish Communication: Communication from Sensor to Cloud Server.
• Sending Notification: Sending E-mail/SMS notifications to Application Users.
• Advanced IoT App Development
• Overview of Smart IoT Device and Advanced IoT Access Technologies
• Developing advanced IoT Application using smart IoT devices

Text Book:
• [Hanes18] David Hanes et al., “IoT Fundamentals: Networking Technologies, Protocols, and Use Cases for the Internet of Things”, 1st Ed, Pearson Education, 2018.
• [Bahga15] Arshdeep Bahga and Vijay Madisetti, “Internet of Things: A Hands-on Approach”, 1st Ed, Universities Press (India), 2015.
• [Kanetkar18] Yashavant Kanetkar and Shrirang Korde, “21 Internet of Things (IOT) Experiments: Learn IoT, the programmer’s way”, 1st Ed, BPB Publications, 2018.

Reference Books & Resources:
• [Ramgir20] Mayur Ramgir, “Internet of Things – Architecture, Implementation and Security”, 1st Ed, Pearson India, 2020.
• Sudip Misra, Anandarup Mukherjee, Arijit Roy, “Introduction to IoT” 1st Ed, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
• Research Papers

Instructors

• Dr. Manas Khatua

Teaching Assistants

• Saurav Sukla Baidya; Email: saurav.baidya@IITG Domain
• Prabal Singh; Email: prabalsingh@IITG Domain

Class Timing and Venue

• Slot: F in timetable
• Class Timing:
  • Monday (12 PM - 12:55 PM)
  • Tuesday (12 PM - 12:55 PM)
  • Friday (11 AM - 11:55 AM)
• Venue: 5202, Core 5
• Mode of Lectures: Live Class

Grading Strategy

• Short Quiz: 10%
• Mid-Sem Exam: 25%
• End-Sem Exam: 45%
• IoT App Development Project: 20%

Classes

Announcement

• [20/July] First lecture will be on 24th July 2026 (Friday).