Python for IoT, Data Pipelines, & Gateway Development

Leverage Python for rapid prototyping, edge gateway scripts, data pipelines, backend APIs, and hardware integration.

4 Weeks / 32 Hours Hands-on Labs

Certificate of Course Completion Awarded

Training Covering Area

Master Python's extensive ecosystem to write backend services, build MQTT brokers, process timeseries data, and program Single Board Computers like Raspberry Pi.

Module 1: Hardware Access & MicroPython

MicroPython boot process, virtual filesystems, and hardware interfacing (I2C/SPI/GPIO)
Interfacing with environmental sensors, displays, and analog signals in Python
Power management and deep sleep configurations on ESP32 in MicroPython
Setting up the Thonny IDE and remote REPL scripting environments

Module 2: Asynchronous Scripting & Serial Protocols

Understanding asyncio: Coroutines, tasks, event loops, and non-blocking IO
Interfacing with industrial instruments using PySerial and Modbus RTU packages
Writing asynchronous MQTT clients to stream gateway payloads to brokers
Exception handling, automated reconnections, and gateway watchdogs in Python

Module 3: Gateway Services & Local Data Buffering

Gateway software architectures: Buffering telemetry payloads locally during network outages
Implementing lightweight SQLite schemas for edge data logging
Using Python to configure custom routing, network fallbacks, and Wi-Fi portals
Packaging Python gateway services into lightweight Docker containers for edge hardware

Module 4: Ingestion Backends & Analytics

Building telemetry backend servers using FastAPI, Uvicorn, and Pydantic validators
Connecting Python backends to PostgreSQL and InfluxDB time-series databases
Telemetry analysis: Time-series alignment, filtering noise, and basic predictions with Pandas
Automated Python alert scripts: Integrating Twilio API and SMTP mailing services