🌐 Linux + Raspberry Pi – IoT Programming Course

📘 Course Overview

🔹 Total Hours: 24 Hours

🔹 Schedule: Flexible (3 hrs/week • 8 Weeks Program)

🔹 Platform: Linux + Raspberry Pi (IoT Programming)

🔹 Group Size: 5 – 10 Students

🔹 Age Group: 12+ (Grade 6 and Above)

Course Content: FLYER

🎯 Course Objectives

✨ Introduce students to the Linux operating system & command-line interface

✨ Teach foundational and intermediate shell scripting

✨ Enable hands-on IoT development using Linux-powered devices

✨ Develop real-world problem-solving and automation skills

✨ Deliver a complete IoT-based final project integrating sensors and code

📚 Course Modules

🟢 Module 1: Introduction to Linux

🔸 What is Linux & why it’s used in Programming and IoT

🔸 Installing Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS

🔸 Introduction to the Terminal

🔸 Basic Linux Commands:▪ Navigating the filesystem▪ Creating, editing, copying & moving files/folders▪ File permissions & ownership

🧪 Mini Lab:

✔ Navigate the file system

✔ Create user directories

✔ Practice essential Linux commands

🟢 Module 2: Shell Scripting Basics

🔸 What is Shell Scripting & why use it

🔸 Writing your first .sh script

🔸 Variables, Input/Output & Basic Operators

🔸 Conditional Statements (if/else)

🔸 Loops (for, while)

🔸 Script execution & permissions

🧪 Mini Lab:✔ Create an automation script for backing up files

🟢 Module 3: Introduction to IoT & Raspberry Pi

🔸 What is IoT? Real-world examples

🔸 Overview of Raspberry Pi (or similar boards)

🔸 Setting up Raspberry Pi with Linux OS

🔸 Connecting via SSH or HDMI

🔸 GPIO Basics (General Purpose Input/Output)

🧪 Mini Lab:✔ Blink an LED using GPIO with a shell script

🟢 Module 4: Interfacing Sensors & Devices

🔸 Introduction to Sensors (Temperature, Motion, Light)

🔸 Reading sensor data using GPIO pins

🔸 Using Python and Shell together

🔸 Logging sensor data to files

🔸 Introduction to Cron Jobs for automation

🧪 Mini Lab:✔ Build a Temperature Logger using DHT11/DHT22 Sensor

🟢 Module 5: Linux Networking & Cloud Integration

🔸 Linux Network Commands (ping, ifconfig, scp, wget)

🔸 Connecting Raspberry Pi to the Internet

🔸 Sending Data to Google Sheets / Firebase (Introduction)

🔸 Introduction to Git & GitHub (Version Control for IoT Projects)

🧪 Mini Lab:✔ Send Live Sensor Data to Google Sheets using API

🟢 Module 6: Final IoT Project

🎓 Capstone Project – Build a Smart IoT System

Students will design and develop projects such as:

🏠 Smart Home Monitor (Temperature, Light, Motion with Alerts)🌦 Mini Weather Station (Record & Upload Weather Data Online)

📝 Smart Attendance System (Button + Logging System)

🌟 Course Features

⭐ Theory + Hands-On Labs

⭐ Sensors-Based IoT Projects for Advanced Programming Skills

⭐ Engaging Examples & Interactive Lab Activities

⭐ Homework & Real-World Projects

⭐ Multiple Programming Levels Available

⭐ Resources Provided (Students take selected components home for practice)

⭐ Aligned with Middle & High School Curriculum

⭐ Special Summer & Winter Batches

⭐ Fun Events & Innovation Challenges