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Computer
engineering is a discipline that combines elements of both electrical
engineering and computer science. Computer
engineers are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas
of software design and hardware-software integration. In turn, they focus
less on power electronics and physics. Computer
engineers are involved on all aspects of computing, from the design of
individual microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to
circuit design, as well as the integration of computer systems into other
kinds of systems (a motor vehicle, for example, has a number of subsystems
that are computer and digitally oriented). Common
computer engineering tasks include writing embedded software for real-time
micro controllers, designing VLSI chips, working with analog sensors,
designing mixed signal circuit boards, and designing operating systems.
Computer engineers are also well-suited for research in the field of
robotics, which relies on using computers together with other electrical
systems. (Source:
Wikipedia) In this
course, we will look at some (or all) of the following topics: ·
Computer
hardware ·
Computer
programming ·
Computer
software & operating systems ·
Binary ·
Boolean
algebra ·
Electricity
(introduction) ·
Electronics ·
Robotics |