Energy management with embedded systems

• understand the basic concepts of energy management systems in Smart Houses
• analyze the requirements of intelligent household systems
• design an application that uses inputs and outputs to interact with a physical device
• design a user interface for local control and monitoring
• design a communication interface for remote control and monitoring
• implement the application on a microcontroller based, embedded system
• design a test procedure that utilizes laboratory facilities to validate the function of the application
• perform tests in the laboratory
• document the entire process and the developed application

Most of the time, the students will work in the laboratory in project teams.
Introductory lectures are given on:
– Energy management systems (EMS) for smart houses and related ICT technology
– Specific demand response in smart houses’ applications (projects)
– A 32-bit ARM microcontroller(Arduino MKR1000/1010) system and its peripherals (A/D and D/A converters, Timer, I/O, PWM, Interrupter, and LCD display, etc.) including their corresponding registers’ programming.
– The integrated development environment Arduino Embedded Workbench
– Communication systems in smart energy systems
– User-centered interface design

30010/02318/02312/02314, or equivalent basic knowledge of programming, such as C, Python, or Java programming, internet protocols, or web programming.

Introductory lectures and project teamwork

Maximum: 50.

Please be aware that this course has a limited number of seats available. If there are too many applicants, a pool will be created for the remainder of the qualified applicants, and they will be selected at random. You will be informed 8 days before the start of the course, whether you have been allocated a spot.