Computer Architecture

Skill id

hw.architecture

Area

Hardware

Group

Electronics

Roadmap importance

R · Required

Origin

Node on the roadmap diagram v1.2.3

Roadmap node

Electronics / Computer Architecture

Status in the lesson library

Assessed by a lesson

See it on the skill roadmap

Lessons that develop this skill

Lesson	Course	Develops to
Embedded systems all around you	Explorer: Meet Embedded Systems	L1 Aware
Meet the board and the emulator	Explorer: Meet Embedded Systems	L1 Aware
Inside the box: two cores, AIoT and your team’s screen	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L1 Aware
MQTT: pub/sub, topics, QoS and the data budget	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L1 Aware
Toolchain, board and the master template	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L1 Aware
C on a microcontroller	Embedded C Foundations on PSoC Edge	L2 Guided
Multi-domain MCU Architecture and Firmware SDK Layers	TESA Firmware SDK for Edge AI	L2 Guided
Lab: Map MCU Domains to SDK Layers	TESA Firmware SDK for Edge AI	L2 Guided
What edge AI is: the five-stage data lifecycle and where a model can run	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L1 Aware
Quantize and Vela: putting our model on the Ethos-U55	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
The edge AI stack: tri-core, ai_engine, the IPC model link and TFLite-Micro	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L3 Independent
Hands-on: tracing the stack from MicroPython	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L3 Independent

Lessons that assess this skill

Lesson	Level	Evidence
Lab: Map MCU Domains to SDK Layers	L2 Guided	README.md#submission-checklist

Roles that use this skill

Role	Minimum level	In this role
Firmware Developer	L2 Guided	Required (R)

Proficiency levels

• L1 Aware · Bloom: remember/understand
• L2 Guided · Bloom: apply (scaffolded)
• L3 Independent · Bloom: apply/analyse
• L4 Professional · Bloom: analyse/evaluate
• L5 Design & Lead · Bloom: evaluate/create

For Open Badges 3.0 and CASE alignment

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Skill map data is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, adapted from the Embedded Systems Engineering Roadmap by Meysam Parvizi