MEng (Hons) Computer and Electronic Engineering
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Master degree
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English
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Key Summary
About: Computer and Electronic Engineering teaches you to combine digital electronics, microprocessors and software to create embedded computer systems. Examples include mobile phones, game consoles, car engine management systems, traffic lights, and wireless routers. These systems usually have a dedicated function within larger electromechanical systems; they’re small, rugged and low power, using microprocessors or microcontrollers linked to sensors. Study covers digital electronics and electrical engineering theory, computer architecture, programming, FPGA design, digital interfacing, and control theory.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as embedded systems engineers, firmware developers, hardware designers, FPGA engineers, systems architects, control engineers, IoT engineers, or technical consultants.
Computer and Electronic Engineering teaches you to combine digital electronics, microprocessors and software to develop and enable the potential of embedded computer systems.
Embedded systems include mobile phones, game consoles, car engine management systems, traffic lights, and wireless routers, to name a few.
PCs and traditional desktop computers are designed for multiple tasks, whereas embedded computer systems often have a dedicated function or purpose. This tends to be within a larger electromechanical system and is often small, rugged and low power.
They use microprocessors and microcontrollers and link to sensors and sensor systems. Computer and electronic engineers define the hardware, firmware, and software that enable and are within these embedded computer systems.
The theory of digital electronics and electrical engineering underpins the course. This is complimented with subjects such as computer architecture and design, programming and embedded software engineering, field-programmable gate arrays (FGPA) design, digital interfacing and development, and control and management theory.
All computers and embedded systems are subject to Moore’s Law; they are increasing in capability yearly, increasing the opportunity for application management and control.
