RCSA Industry Competency and Certification Exams
RCSA Certification Exam Skill Sets: Embedded Systems and Robotics
Embedded systems and robotics is one of the fastest growing areas of information technology. Similarly to the exponential increase in hardware technology described by Moore’s law, there is an analogous exponential growth in embedded software. Robotics has come a long way. Especially for mobile robots, a similar trend is happening as we have seen for computer systems: the transition from mainframe computing via workstations to PCs, which will probably continue with handheld devices for many applications. In the past mobile robots were controlled by heavy, large, and expensive computer systems that could not be carried and had to be linked via cable or wireless devices. Today, however, we can build small mobile robots with numerous actuators and sensors that are controlled by inexpensive, small and light embedded computers systems that are carried on-board the robot.
Passing the examination requires a working knowledge of the performance tasks listed
below.
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Skill Sets
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Tasks
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Basic Electronics |
- Voltage regulators
- Timers
- Resistors
- Capacitors
- Electrical symbols
- Diodes
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AVR Technology |
- Microcontroller
- Microprocessors
- EEPROM
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Embedded C Programming |
- Hardware interfacing with C
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Interfacing Peripherals |
- LEDs and LCD
- DC Motor
- Stepper Motor
- Servo Motor
- Sensors
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Sensors |
- Bump
- Line
- Light
- Infrared
- Temperature
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Actuators |
- DC Motors
- Stepper Motors
- Servo Motors
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Motor Drivers |
- Microcontroller interfacing with Motor Drivers
- Motor Drivers using relay and transistors
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Introduction to Programming Software |
- WinAVR
- AVR Studio
- Multisim
- Keli
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