Sensors & Actuators

Skill id

sys.sensors-actuators

Area

Systems & Applications

Group

Systems & Signal Processing

Roadmap importance

P · Possibilities

Origin

Node on the roadmap diagram v1.2.3

Roadmap node

Sensors & Actuators

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
Read a sensor and watch the value change	Explorer: Meet Embedded Systems	L1 Aware
Board tour: play with the real thing first	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L1 Aware
Analog and touch: the ADC, the potentiometer and CapSense	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Filtering: EMA vs Median, then the gauge code	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Hands-on: the potentiometer gauge and touch slider	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
The accelerometer and tilt: roll and pitch	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Gyro, the complementary filter and the level code	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Hands-on: the digital level	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Hands-on: a three-axis acceleration chart	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Building the dashboard: four cards in one loop	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Hands-on: the mini-HMI dashboard and the 10-minute soak test	AIoT in Action: From Touch Screen to IoT Platform (MicroPython)	L2 Guided
Pressure and temperature from the DPS368 over I2C	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L2 Guided
Six-axis motion from the BMI270	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L2 Guided
Humidity and temperature indicator from the SHT4x	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L2 Guided
Digital compass from the BMM350 over I3C with calibration	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L3 Independent
Motion radar: movement direction in polar form	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L2 Guided
Stereo PDM microphone and a level meter	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L2 Guided
SensorHub: one dashboard for every sensor (series project)	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L3 Independent
Driving an RGB dot matrix over I2C	TESAIoT Firmware Stack: C Firmware on the TESAIoT Dev Kit	L2 Guided
Voltage dividers and analog sensors	Electronics & Test Instruments for Embedded Developers	L2 Guided
AI-ready Sensor Streams	TESA Firmware SDK for Edge AI	L2 Guided
Lab: Sensor Streams and AI-Ready Windows	TESA Firmware SDK for Edge AI	L2 Guided
Taking a sensor app apart: the four-beat skeleton of every program	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
Hands-on: remix it into your own Tilt Monitor	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
Sampling to match the model: rate, Nyquist, windows and the CSV schema	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
Audio and several sensors on one timeline: 16 kHz PDM, timestamps and jitter	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
Hands-on: IMU and sound in one file	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
From raw numbers to physical quantities: tilt, energy, altitude and dBFS	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
Derived metrics and rule-based classification: dew point, heat index and the rule ladder	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
DSP filters: EMA, Median, Kalman and the radar range profile	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
Hands-on: cleaning a live signal with a filter	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L2 Guided
Sensor fusion: the model’s verdict with the raw sensor	Edge AI Developer: From Sensor to On-Device Model	L3 Independent

Lessons that assess this skill

Lesson	Level	Evidence
Read a sensor and watch the value change	L1 Aware	practice/tilt_alarm.py
Hands-on: the potentiometer gauge and touch slider	L2 Guided	practice/s05_pot_capsense.py
Hands-on: the digital level	L2 Guided	practice/s06_digital_level.py
Hands-on: a three-axis acceleration chart	L2 Guided	practice/s07_accel_chart.py
Hands-on: the mini-HMI dashboard and the 10-minute soak test	L2 Guided	practice/s08_dashboard.py
Hands-on: remix it into your own Tilt Monitor	L2 Guided	practice/s02_anatomy_sensor.py

Roles that use this skill

Role	Minimum level	In this role
Edge AI Engineer	L3 Independent	Required (R) · raised from P on the map
IoT Device Developer	L3 Independent	Required (R) · raised from P on the map

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

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