Gain a full understanding of the different execution options and their determinism and preemption nature.

Fully comprehend the life cycle of a thread.

Gain a good grasp of the Zephyr Kernel options and how the scheduler works.

Understand the software and timing implications of adding subsystem and network stacks into your application.

Learn how to schedule application tasks using the right execution primitive with the right priority level.

Learn how to pass data between threads using message queues and FIFOs safely.

Practice through hands-on exercises how to create different types of threads and exchange data between them.

• Debug an application in nRF Connect for VS Code through hands-on exercises.
• Debug a fault error using core dump and addr2line
• Use Memfault for remote debugging

Examine the hardware support hierarchy in the nRF Connect SDK, as well as explore the different options to create custom board files and the associated advantages and disadvantages.

Understand the role of each of the mandatory files required to describe your hardware in the nRF Connect SDK/Zephyr RTOS and all other optional and special use case files.

Learn how to convert hardware schematics to devicetree syntax using the nRF Connect for VS Code extension and how to write your own Kconfig files for your own custom hardware.

Practice through a hands-on exercise how to create a custom board for a single-core SoC.

Practice through a hands-on exercise how to create a custom board for a multi-core & TF-M capable SoC.

Understand the core principles of Pulse-width modulation (PWM), Serial Peripheral Interface(SPI), and  Analog-to-digital converter (ADC).

Examine the PWM, SPI, and ADC peripherals inside Nordic Semiconductor SoC and SiP, and understand their capabilities and features.

Learn through hands-on exercises the Zephyr APIs to interact with PWM, SPI, and ADC.

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using nrfx drivers directly instead of Zephyr APIs to interact with peripherals.

Learn how interrupts are handled in the nRF Connect SDK/Zephyr RTOS.

Explore the available options for adding a custom device driver.

Learn how to pick a standard API for your custom device driver.

Learn how to create custom API for your device driver.

Practice through hands-on exercises how to add a custom device driver.

Understand what a bootloader is and why we need it.

Learn the essential options in MCUboot, and the options to perform DFU/FOTA in MCUboot.

Practice through hands-on exercises how to enable and configure MCUboot.

Practice through hands-on exercises how to perform DFU over different transports (UART, USB, External Flash), both from the application and from the bootloader.

Practice through hands-on exercises how to perform Firmware Updates Over the Air (FOTA) over Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, and Cellular.