Course Overview
This intensive course bridges the gap between embedded systems architecture and agile development practices. You’ll learn to create robust, evolvable architectures for resource-constrained systems that support rapid iteration while maintaining real-time performance, safety requirements, and hardware-software integration. Perfect for architects working with embedded systems in automotive, medical devices, industrial automation, and IoT.
Unlike traditional embedded architecture approaches that emphasize rigid upfront design, this course teaches you how to build architectures that can evolve with changing requirements. You’ll explore practical patterns for hardware abstraction, modular design, and testability that enable continuous delivery even in safety-critical environments. Through hands-on exercises and real-world case studies, you’ll learn to balance the seemingly conflicting demands of embedded constraints and agile flexibility.
Learning Objectives
- Master evolutionary architecture principles for embedded systems
- Design flexible hardware abstraction layers that enable change
- Balance real-time constraints with agile delivery practices
- Create testable architectures supporting continuous integration
- Manage technical debt in legacy embedded systems
- Design for safety-critical requirements while maintaining agility
- Build architectures supporting OTA updates and field upgrades
Topics Covered
- Embedded Evolutionary Architecture - Principles and patterns for change
- Hardware Abstraction Patterns - Decoupling software from hardware
- Real-Time & Safety-Critical Design - Balancing constraints with flexibility
- Modular Embedded Systems - Component-based design and interfaces
- Test Architecture - Enabling HIL testing and continuous integration
- Legacy System Evolution - Refactoring strategies for embedded monoliths
- Deployment & Updates - OTA architectures and field upgrade patterns
What You Get
- Practical architectural patterns and approaches for embedded systems
- Real-world case studies from automotive, medical, and IoT projects
- Hands-on exercises designing evolvable embedded architectures
- Templates for architecture decision records and design documentation
- Networking with other embedded systems architects
- Certificate of completion