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
