Free course · 8 modules · 21 hours
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Courses built around evidence
Stop guessing what to learn next. Start free, produce useful engineering evidence, and continue only when the next limitation is clear.
Six focused paths connect foundation courses to advanced labs, guided implementations, and capstones.
Firmware bring-up
Build trustworthy firmware from reset onward
Start with Cortex-M fundamentals, then progress into observable, recoverable, and secure production bring-up.Your progression
- 1Start free Basic Firmware Bring-Up
- 2Produce the first evidence
A startup trace, memory-map check, clock measurement, fault record, or first trustworthy UART output.
- 3Continue when the next limitation is clear
Once startup works, make bring-up observable and recoverable, then finish with the Secure Boot and Release Capstone to prove authenticated release, rollback protection, and interruption recovery.
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Paid course · 8 modules · 35 hours
Advanced Firmware Bring-Up
Engineer observable, recoverable, and secure firmware startup paths for production systems.Paid course · $20 USD · 6 modules · approximately 30 hours
Secure Boot and Release Capstone
Build and defend an authenticated A/B firmware release path with SHA-256, ECDSA-P256, rollback protection, trial boot, and interruption recovery.FreeRTOS + ESP32
Design responsive connected systems
Develop real-time fundamentals, communication patterns, production pipelines, and complete connected products.Your progression
- 1Start free FreeRTOS Tasking Foundations
- 2Produce the first evidence
A task-timing trace, scheduler observation, queue-pressure log, or interrupt-to-task handoff result.
- 3Continue when the next limitation is clear
After you can explain the primitives, continue by combining them into reliable event and resource pipelines.
Free course · 7 modules · 7 labs · 10–12 hours
FreeRTOS Tasking Foundations
Learn task lifecycle, scheduling, timing, priorities, and multicore behavior through focused ESP32 builds.Paid course · $20 USD · 7 modules · 7 labs · 12–14 hours
FreeRTOS Communication and Synchronization
Make queue pressure, interrupt handoffs, shared-resource safety, and overload behavior observable.Paid course · 7 modules · 7 labs · 12–14 hours
FreeRTOS Event and Resource Pipelines
Build event-driven pipelines with notifications, buffers, timers, memory policy, and interrupt management.Paid course · $20 USD · 7 modules · 7 labs · 14–18 hours
FreeRTOS Reliability and Low-Power Systems
Build a resilient simulated sensor hub and prove timing, sleep-aware scheduling, trace evidence, watchdog recovery, and complete system behavior.Udemy course · ESP-IDF + FreeRTOS
Master ESP32-based IoT System Firmware Development
Build a production-style connected system with provisioning, HTTP, MQTT, encrypted telemetry, and validation.Embedded Linux
Move from boot analysis to production systems
Form a practical mental model, diagnose full systems, and turn project work into reviewable engineering evidence.Your progression
- 1Start free Embedded Linux Foundations
- 2Produce the first evidence
A boot timeline, process or service diagnosis, device investigation, or system relationship map.
- 3Continue when the next limitation is clear
Once the system relationships are clear, continue by diagnosing complete targets across services, networking, reliability, and security.
Free course · 7 modules
Embedded Linux Foundations
Investigate boot, processes, devices, services, and the system relationships behind a working Linux target.Paid course · 8 modules · 7 labs
Advanced Embedded Linux Systems
Work through services, networking, reliability, security, and system diagnosis with evidence-backed labs.Paid course · $20 USD · 6 portfolio projects
Embedded Linux Project Studio
Complete six source-mapped studio projects with realistic briefs, test evidence, reviewable artifacts, and an independent certificate.Edge AI
Take models from idea to embedded inference
Understand the deployment workflow, collect useful evidence, and practice the constraints that matter on devices.Your progression
- 1
- 2Produce the first evidence
A documented model-to-device workflow, data-shape check, or inference constraint analysis.
- 3Continue when the next limitation is clear
After you understand the workflow, continue by training, quantizing, deploying, and verifying an int8 model.
Free course · 6 quizzes · 4–6 hours
Introduction to TinyML: From Model Idea to Microcontroller
Learn the TinyML reasoning chain through guided lessons and source-cited, account-backed assessments.Paid course · $20 USD · 5 modules · 3 labs · 12–15 hours
TinyML Magic Wand: Motion to Model
Capture gestures, train and quantize a CNN, then deploy the exact int8 model in a hosted simulator.Paid course · $20 USD · 6 modules · 4 labs · 18–22 hours
Time-Series AI on ESP32-S3: Sensor Data to Embedded Inference
Carry a real BME280 stream through leakage-safe preprocessing, LSTM training, ONNX handoff, ESP-DL conversion, and ESP32-S3 QEMU evidence.Udemy course · Hands-on workflow
Edge AI for Firmware Engineers
Work through sensor data, model preparation, validation, deployment constraints, and engineering tradeoffs.FPGA development
Learn the device, then build the RTL
Progress from programmable-fabric fundamentals into simulator-backed Verilog and SystemVerilog design work.Your progression
- 1Start free Introduction to FPGA
- 2Produce the first evidence
A passing simulation, waveform, assertion result, or short explanation of an RTL design decision.
- 3Continue when the next limitation is clear
Once simulation is familiar, continue by designing and proving combinational, sequential, and FSM-controlled RTL.
5-course pathway · 45–55 hours
FPGA Development Pathway
Follow the full sequence from device architecture through Verilog, sequential RTL, and an FSM capstone.Free course · 6 lectures · 5–7 hours
Introduction to FPGA
Learn fabric, dedicated resources, implementation flow, clocking, I/O, and device-selection tradeoffs.Paid course · $20 USD · 10–12 hours
SystemVerilog Simulation Foundations
Establish a simulation-first workflow with focused RTL exercises and browser-based verification.Paid course · 10–12 hours
Combinational RTL Design
Design, simulate, and explain reusable combinational blocks with precise evidence.Paid course · 10–12 hours
Sequential RTL and Timing
Reason about state, timing, pipelines, and cycle-accurate behavior in simulator-backed labs.Paid capstone · 10–12 hours
FSM-Controlled Arithmetic Capstone
Integrate datapath and control into a reviewable transaction-based RTL system.System-on-chip
Connect firmware reasoning to SoC architecture
Learn Cortex-M foundations, build a bus-connected system, and extend it with interrupt-driven peripherals.Your progression
- 1Start free SoC and Cortex-M Foundations
- 2Produce the first evidence
An annotated SoC block diagram, address-map explanation, bus transaction trace, or peripheral-interface analysis.
- 3Continue when the next limitation is clear
After you can reason about processors, memory, buses, and peripherals, continue by integrating and verifying a complete AHB-Lite system.
Free course · 6–8 hours
SoC and Cortex-M Foundations
Build the architectural vocabulary needed to reason about processors, memory, buses, and peripherals.Paid course · 12–15 hours
Building an AHB-Lite SoC
Integrate and verify a compact bus-based system through guided labs and a complete project.Paid course · $20 USD · 3 guided labs · 12–15 hours