Mastering Zephyr RTOS with DeviceTree and Board Bring Up (Udemy.com)
Complete workflow: toolchain setup, DeviceTree from scratch, custom board porting, and real world applications on STM32
Created by: FastBit Embedded Brain Academy
Last updated July 2026
What you will learn
- Write DeviceTree from scratch for any custom board, not just copy from existing samples
- Port a custom board into Zephyr with the complete board porting workflow
- Build real Zephyr applications using interrupts, threads, workqueues, and message queues on custom hardware
- Debug common DeviceTree and build issues using a repeatable step by step process
- Set up the complete Zephyr workspace and toolchain on Windows, Ubuntu, and MacOS
- Understand how a Zephyr application is organized, how the build system works, and how all the pieces connect
- Configure your Zephyr project using prj.conf, menuconfig, and Kconfig the practical way
- Use DeviceTree macros and GPIO APIs to control hardware pins from your Zephyr application
- Configure UART console output for stdout logs and test your application on real hardware
- Use application overlays to customize DeviceTree without modifying the base DTS files
How it compares
Against the other 295 rated Udemy courses in Arduino on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 65% of them
- Reviews137#165 of 296 by number of reviews
- Length11.2 hourslonger than 83% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2026more recently than 95% of them
Course Description
### Learn Zephyr RTOS from the ground up with a clear, structured foundation path ###
The embedded industry is shifting. Zephyr RTOS, backed by the Linux Foundation, is rapidly becoming the default choice for production IoT and embedded products. Nordic, NXP, Intel, STMicroelectronics, and dozens of other companies are building their ecosystems around it. No other RTOS brings together a unified build system, DeviceTree based hardware abstraction, and a porting workflow that works across MCU vendors in a single codebase. If you are an embedded engineer and you do not know Zephyr yet, you are falling behind.
This course turns you into the engineer who can take any Zephyr supported MCU, write DeviceTree for it from scratch, port it as a custom board, and build real applications on top of it. Not by copying from samples or following a pre-configured dev kit tutorial. By understanding the complete workflow from the ground up.
Here is what you will be able to do by the end of this course:
- Set up the complete Zephyr workspace and toolchain on Windows, Ubuntu, and MacOS
- Build and run your first Zephyr applications on QEMU and on real hardware
- Configure your Zephyr project using prj.conf, menuconfig, and Kconfig
- Write DeviceTree from scratch for a custom board and understand every node and property
- Port your own board into Zephyr with the full board directory and configuration setup
- Build real applications using interrupts, threads, and workqueues on your custom hardware
- Debug common DeviceTree and build issues with a repeatable step by step process
Zephyr is not just another RTOS. It is where the industry is heading. Companies building IoT products, wearables, industrial controllers, and connected devices are choosing Zephyr because it gives them one codebase that works across multiple chip vendors. The engineer who can bring up a custom board in Zephyr and write DeviceTree is the one who gets the interesting projects, the better roles, and the trust of the team. That skill set is rare right now. This course builds it.
Most Zephyr resources out there show you how to run samples on a supported dev kit. That is the easy part, and you can do it by reading the documentation. This course teaches you the skills that actually matter at work: writing DeviceTree from scratch, creating your own board files, and debugging the problems that show up when you step off the beaten path. Very few Zephyr courses go this deep into DeviceTree and board porting. This one does.
This course is built for:
- Embedded engineers who want to use Zephyr on their own custom hardware
- Engineers who tried Zephyr before but got stuck at DeviceTree or board porting
- Firmware developers, students and hobbyists moving from bare metal or FreeRTOS to Zephyr
Note on using AI assisted coding in this course
In the final project, we use AI-assisted coding to build a real embedded application. We deliberately save this for last. First, you build the foundation. You understand how Zephyr works. You can debug issues on your own. Only then do we bring in AI tools to show you how they can speed up your workflow when you actually know what you are doing. Understand first, accelerate later.
By the end of this course, you will not just know Zephyr. You will be the engineer who can take a bare board, bring it up in Zephyr, and build real applications on it. If that is the engineer you want to become, enroll now. Let us get started.
Hardware Requirement (for hands on practice)
This course uses the Fastbit STM32 Nano board, based on the STM32F303 microcontroller.
You can also follow along using any STM32 or Zephyr supported development board you already have.
If you want to use the exact board used by the instructor, you can explore the Fastbit STM32 Nano board and follow along one to one
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
137 Reviews
FastBit Embedded Brain Academy
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Reviews
By Mahendra Sondagar on 10/1/2026
Video and Audio quality is clean. The guide seems step by step starting from beginner level to advanced concepts Thanks
By Sunya Jettanasen on 9/16/2026
Nice to AI coding here. Very updated.
By Kensus on 9/10/2026
Just getting started. All good so far
By Nikhil Naik on 8/31/2026
Yes, this course is match to my work experience.
By Praveen Thammadapalle on 7/20/2026
Nice Experience, very excited to learn. Moving forward. Thanks for this course.
By Gopi Gopisetti on 6/12/2026
everything explaining in MAC , we need to explore with linux
By Anuj on 5/27/2026
excellent course and great work Kiran for explaining the zephyr using analogy of house and plot and wiring and plumbing. your courses helped me land great high paid job in FAANG. I am truly blessed to have you my mentor and teaching incredible courses baremetal to job ready. your course is best for interview ready courses...God bless you
By Shaikh Shoaib Bilal on 5/18/2026
as always N kiran teaches precisely what is needed, did Freertos, embedded C, driver development and arm cortex m4 from fastbitembedded course
By Vinayak Potadar on 5/18/2026
This course is a strong choice for learners who genuinely want to get into Zephyr RTOS. The project-based implementation is well structured, and the instructor’s depth of knowledge is clearly appreciable. I especially liked how the course demonstrates implementation on a custom board, because it gives a more realistic understanding of how Zephyr is used beyond basic development kits. I would also suggest that students try to follow the course using their own existing board if possible. It makes the learning process more practical, and even if you get stuck, you can usually find support through documentation or AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT. The first project was very helpful and gave me a good understanding of the workflow. However, I personally found the second project quite intense. The code structure felt a bit overwhelming, especially considering that the final goal was mainly to blink LEDs in a certain pattern. A more gradual explanation of the structure would make that part easier to follow. Overall, I found the course valuable and practical. There is still room to add more topics and examples, and I hope the instructor continues expanding the course in the future.
By Ashish Kumar Verma on 4/23/2026
In India, embedded courses of Kiran Nayak sir are used as a gold standard for fresh learners. I am his student from his first course, and today he has grown a lot; his professionalism can be seen in his well-structured course and teaching method. Everything is good as expected, and I hope to see more courses on more in-depth topics and want to see project-based courses from Kiran Sir, in which we will have one motto: to build a product together from start to end so we can know how everything works together. 5 out of 5, No doubt
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