Electronics Engineering prepares you to work for the International Big Players in the Semiconductor Industries such as Altera, First Solar, Intel, Infineon, Motorola, Silterra, SunPower, Renesas, Sony, Western Digital, etc. It depends on your definition of “hard”. If you think Rote Learning is hard, then Electronics is considered relatively much easy. You will deal with Finite Mathematics.

Electronics Engineering requires you to grasp the concept of Solid-state physics, Amplifier circuitry (Yes! Amplifiers can do wonders), protecting electronic devices against ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), and designing electronic systems such as printed circuit boards (PCB) and integrated circuits (IC). These are the fundamentals.

Advanced Electronics requires you control electronic systems with microcontrollers (MCU) using knowledge from Digital electronics (Logic Gate: AND / OR, Boolean Logic: 0 | 1), Digital signal processing (DSP), and Digital Control Theory (Z-transform). At the final year of the course, you are required to build & develop a mini microelectronic project using miscellaneous microchips.

Centre of Excellence for Advanced Sensor Technology (CEASTech) is a research group at UniMAP that conducts high quality research on the development and applications of novel sensing modalities, advanced sensor materials and intelligent sensor systems.

What type of mobile robot used in the lab? Front-wheel steering or Differential-drive steering?

Was your FYP about the advanced algorithm for motion planning and trajectory generation?

Sounds like it's for gas leak detection.

I believe you can modify the algorithm to incorporate the Artificial Potential Field approach for the gas sampling strategy. This approach is effective in early leakage detection where the potential is represented by the gas concentration level. After collecting a few positive samples, the potential field map can be generated and updated recursively as new samples are collected. This will drive the mobile robot to move towards locations of high mean concentration, high concentration variance, or areas for which the uncertainty about the gas diffusion model is still relatively large.

If the mobile robot navigates in unknown terrain and at a risk of colliding with static obstacles or moving obstacles (humans, vehicles, other robots), you need to consider adding the obstacle avoidance algorithm, such as the Rapidly-exploring Random Trees (RRT).

Since the gas leaks usually occur at flanged joints, you probably also need to include a vision-based system or an image-processing algorithm to identify the shapes of the joints, or using thermography to display a leak as a plume of vapor in the infrared image, so that the robot can pinpoint the exact location of a leak as accurate as possible.

Sounds fun! Which one is your playing style?

Can you do jump smash?

I tend to do clears and drop shots.

1) what is mechatronic and mainly studying about wht ?

This diagram literally tells you everything about Mechatronics. Some laymen would probably give you the impression that you are halfway in Mechanical Engineering and halfway in Electrical Engineering, but the fact is that Mechatronics integrates all of the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in a way no other subject can compare.



2) I know certain subjects that i need to study in this course. but the Net just able to show me the subject name. can anyone able to post something like : Subject name and follow up by their syllabus. That much help a lot :') just need the sem 1 :')

The following are the brief description of core subjects in the 1st semester that are directly related to Mechatronics. The syllabi may vary from year to year and subject to change under Malaysian engineering educational policy, so better check with your lecturers.

Engineering Mathematics

The treatment of engineering mathematics intended to introduce students of engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science, and related fields to those areas of applied mathematics that are most relevant for solving practical problems. A course in elementary calculus is usually the sole prerequisite. You may be wondering why you need to learn engineering mathematics. The engineer has to take a problem from any diverse area (electric cars, solar energy, nanotechnology, risk management, biotechnology, computer vision, robotics, space mission, communication systems, financial engineering, and many other areas are advancing rapidly) and be able to model it for analysis, before they can find a solution to implement it safely.

Electrical Circuits

Electric circuit theory and electromagnetic theory are the two fundamental theories upon which all branches of electrical engineering are built. Many branches of electrical engineering, such as power, electric machines, control, electronics, communications, and instrumentation, are based on electric circuit theory. Therefore, the basic electric circuit theory course is the most important course for an electrical engineering student. By definition, an electric circuit is an interconnection of electrical elements that transfers energy from one point to another. In this course, you will study of the behavior of the circuit: How does it respond to a given input? How do the interconnected elements and devices in the circuit interact?

Engineering Mechanics (Statics)

Traditionally, Statics is the first course of a three-consecutive semester courses on Engineering Mechanics in the Mechanical Engineering courses. Semester 2 deals with Mechanics of Materials; Semester 3 deals with Dynamics. Mechanics is the oldest and the most highly developed branch of physics. Engineering mechanics concentrates on the needs of the practicing engineer. Statics is the study of forces acting on bodies that are in equilibrium, as for example the weight, the pressure of the wind, or the snow load on a roof.

Computer Programming

Students are expected to leave the course knowing how to open a text editor, write one or multiple program files, compile the code, and execute and debug the resulting program. However, many engineering programs in Malaysia don't prepare for students will not take an additional course on programming. Hence, it is essential for you to know how to program from scratch after this course. Traditionally, the course covers C/C++ programming language. As an engineering student, you should also master the MATLAB programming language, which serves you well in the subsequent academic terms. Trust me!

3) If I face academic challenges at some point in my undergraduate course, can I ask for help in this forum?

Yes, you can!

4) what kind of jobs i can looking for right after graduate and is their job in demand or job opportunity is big ???

Generally, you are trained to become an Automation Engineer, who have the knowledge and ability to design and build automated industrial systems, i.e., process automation (Power Distribution, Heat Exchangers, Boiler, Neutralization, etc.), factory automation (systems of Robotic Manipulators and Gantry Cranes), and building automation (Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning applications [HVAC], energy saving lights and blinds).

You should be able to operate a typical Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), which is a special form of microprocessor-based controller that uses programmable memory to store instructions and to implement functions such as logic, sequencing, timing, counting, and arithmetic in order to control machines and processes. Knowledge and skills in handling measuring instruments (sensors), pneumatic valves (actuators) and Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) are highly-valued.

Graduates generally work at the private sector entities such as industrial production (PETRONAS, PROTON, TNB), or companies that create automation systems (SIEMENS, ABB, Yokogawa). It is difficult to forecast the job demands in the next 5 years. Unless the Earth is hit by a massive Solar Storm (that could possibly wipe out Earth's electronics and power grids), there will be an opportunistic growth in the automation sectors.

Unnecessary, but you are advised to take the following recommended online courses:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/engineering-mechanics-statics

https://www.edx.org/course/principles-elect...ax-20220214x-1#!

This post has been edited by Critical_Fallacy: Aug 24 2015, 09:30 PM