IoT Edge Computing: Amazon FreeRTOS Primer

This course focuses on learning how to configure, deploy, and manage devices using Amazon FreeRTOS.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

• Business decision makers
• Fleet managers
• Device engineers

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Identify the open source FreeRTOS kernel and understand how Amazon extends it
• Deploy devices using Amazon FreeRTOS and establish telemetry with AWS IoT Core
• Send over-the-air (OTA) updates to our things
• Monitor logs associated with the deployment

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

• IoT Foundation: Telemetry
• IoT Foundation: Command and Control
• IoT Edge Computing: Introduction to Amazon FreeRTOS

Delivery Method

This course is delivered through:

• Digital training

Duration

3 hours

Course Outline

This course covers the following concepts:

• Overview
• Welcome to Amazon FreeRTOS
• Introduction to FreeRTOS
• Objectives
• Introducing FreeRTOS
• Introducing Amazon FreeRTOS
• Discussing the key elements of the Amazon FreeRTOS architecture
• Examining the Amazon FreeRTOS kernel
• Identifying the Amazon FreeRTOS libraries
• Listing the supported microcontroller units for Amazon FreeRTOS
• Summary
• Knowledge Check
• Preparing for Amazon FreeRTOS
• Discussing certificate-based authentication
• Discussing the PKCS11 Library
• Discussing secure sockets using TLS
• Discussing the MQTT library
• Summary
• Knowledge Check
• Deploying Amazon FreeRTOS
• Using the FreeRTOS Console to manage software configurations
• Demo: Establish telemetry with devices
• Summary
• Knowledge Check
• Maintaining Amazon FreeRTOS
• Discussing the Amazon FreeRTOS AWS IoT Device Shadow library
• Discussing ASW IoT Device Defender
• Discussing Jobs
• Discussing OTA updates
• Demo: Create an OTA update
• Reviewing logs
• Demo: Review logs
• Summary
• Knowledge Check
• Additional Services
• Discussing security libraries
• Outlining Bluetooth Low Energy library
• Outlining Greengrass Discovery library
• Discussing the Amazon FreeRTOS qualification program
• Using the Device tester
• Summary
• Knowledge Check
• Closing
• Summary
• Identifying best practices
• Assessment
• Feedback