Skill Profile

GPIO, ADC, DAC

GPIO: digital I/O, interrupts; ADC: analog-to-digital, sampling; DAC: digital-to-analog, PWM

Embedded & IoT Hardware Interfaces

Roles

2

where this skill appears

Levels

5

structured growth path

Mandatory requirements

8

the other 2 optional

Domain

Embedded & IoT

Group

Hardware Interfaces

Last updated

3/17/2026

How to Use

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What is Expected at Each Level

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Role Required Description
Embedded Developer Required Understands GPIO, ADC, DAC operation on MCU. Configures pins through HAL, reads analog values. Uses multimeter for signal verification.
IoT Engineer Controls GPIO pins for reading buttons and controlling LEDs/relays. Reads analog values from ADC for IoT sensors (light level, battery voltage).
Role Required Description
Embedded Developer Required Independently configures GPIO alternate functions, ADC with DMA multi-channel scan, DAC with timer trigger. Calibrates ADC for precise measurements.
IoT Engineer Applies PWM for motor control and dimming in IoT devices. Calibrates ADC with reference voltage. Uses DAC for analog signal generation.
Role Required Description
Embedded Developer Required Designs analog data acquisition systems: oversampling, digital filtering, ADC calibration pipeline. Optimizes power consumption through GPIO configuration.
IoT Engineer Required Designs GPIO/ADC/DAC abstractions for IoT platform with calibration, filtering, and noise reduction support. Optimizes ADC sampling rate for edge analytics.
Role Required Description
Embedded Developer Required Defines analog peripheral standards for the platform. Establishes calibration procedures, conducts analog subsystem reviews.
IoT Engineer Required Defines standards for working with analog and digital interfaces for company IoT devices. Establishes calibration procedures and test benches.
Role Required Description
Embedded Developer Required Shapes analog/digital interface strategy: defines standard HAL for GPIO/ADC/DAC across MCU families, establishes calibration procedures, designs reference implementations for new hardware platforms.
IoT Engineer Required Defines enterprise analog signal processing strategy in IoT. Evaluates transition to sigma-delta ADC and high-precision sensors for industrial IoT.

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