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Projects & Seminars: Bluetooth Low Energy Programming for IoT Sensing System

Projekte & Seminare: Bluetooth Low Energy Programming for IoT Sensing System

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Christian Franck
Only for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology BSc. The course unit can only be taken once. Repeated enrollment in a later semester is not creditable.
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:34:33

Abstract

The category of "Laboratory Courses, Projects, Seminars" includes courses and laboratories in various formats designed to impart practical knowledge and skills. Moreover, these classes encourage independent experimentation and design, allow for explorative learning and teach the methodology of project work.

Objective

Bluethoot Low Energy System on Chip – Firmware Programming and sensors Interfacing using an Arm Cortex-M (Nordic nrf52838) Microcontroller The NRF52832 Bltuethoo Low Energy System on Chip produced by Nordic Semiconductor is one of the pioneering low-power chip to integrate Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE 5.0) and microcontroller functionality into a single die. With the introduction of the BLE 5.0 standard, Bluetooth has achieved high data bandwidth with low power consumption. This makes the technology an ideal match for many applications i.e. IoT sensor application or audio streaming, by address two of the greatest bottlenecks of these devices. This course offers the chance for participants to do hands-on programming of microcontrollers. In particular, the focus will be laid on interfacing with sensors, acquisition of data, on-board event-driven data processing and BLE transmissions. The programming will be performed in C. Today’s microcontrollers offer a low power, efficient and cost-effective solution of tackling a nearly infinite number of task specific applications. Ranging from IoT devices, wearable system, sensor (mesh) device, all the way to be being integrated as submodule for the most complex of system such as cars, planes and rockets. Microcontrollers derive their advantages from the efficient use of resources and as such require very efficient and resource-saving programming. It is therefore mandatory to understand the microcontroller’s hardware components such as processor cores, ADC, clocks, serial communication, wireless communication, timers, interrupts, etc. The P&S includes 5 weeks project where the student will setup a IoT sensor node to monitor electric power transmission and distribution system. The course will be taught in English.

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Semesterly recurring

Examination

Type
ungraded semester performance

Registration & Places

Limited places (Special selection)
Signup Start
18.09.2020
Signup End
25.09.2020
Priority: Registration for the course unit is only possible for the primary target group

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
practical/laboratory course Projekte & Seminare: Bluetooth Low Energy Programming for IoT Sensing System
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  • Wed 09:15-12:00 (ETZ F 91)
4 h weekly

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