Course Description
This 40-hour module is part of the Specialist Diploma in Advanced Digital Manufacturing and it covers various aspects of Internet of Things (IoT) that leads to the development of skills and experiences employed in designing novel industrial IoT systems.
Course Duration: 40 hours
Course Outcomes
Participants are able to:
- Grasp the underlying concepts of Industry 4.0
- Understand the underlying concepts of IoT and their applications through case studies
- Understand the definitions of IoT and IIoT, their relation to Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture (IIRA)
- Understand and apply IoT communication protocols (e.g. MQTT) and interaction pattern
- Understanding the role and importance of service-oriented architectures (SoA) and systems of systems in IIoT
- Understand the applications of artificial neural network and machine learning for online quality control, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance
- Appreciate IIoT induced supply chains and business models
- Design concepts for IIoT in supply chain management
- Design concepts for IIoT and product lifecycle management
