Mechatronic vs Electrical (1 Viewer)

[turntaker]

Could someone please outline the key differences in these? I will be studying computer science alongside one of them and I am not sure which to pick.

 

[Squar3root]

mechatronic master race

 

[turntaker]

mechatronic master race

Is it good?

 

[astroman]

mech is combo of a few things, i think mechanical, computer and electrical, electrical is just electrical. So in just electrical you go in depth, in mech you get understandings of all but not so in depth. This way some employers may want just an electrical engineer or someone with a variety of knowledge Either way, they are both good degrees.

 

[Squar3root]

Is it good?

yea

mech is combo of a few things, i think mechanical, computer and electrical, electrical is just electrical. So in just electrical you go in depth, in mech you get understandings of all but not so in depth. This way some employers may want just an electrical engineer or someone with a variety of knowledge Either way, they are both good degrees.

pretty much this

 

[RenegadeMx]

still waiting for the battle between square and AD

 

[Squar3root]

still waiting for the battle between square and AD

I'll start:

mech:

elec:

 

[turntaker]

yeah i actually want to build physical stuff no just circuits.

Do you learn circuit design and stuff as well in mech?

 

[Silly Sausage]

yeah i actually want to build physical stuff no just circuits.

Do you learn circuit design and stuff as well in mech?

Yes.

 

[Squar3root]

yeah i actually want to build physical stuff no just circuits.

Do you learn circuit design and stuff as well in mech?

Yes.

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at unsw you do ELEC1111/2 and ELEC2141

 

[anomalousdecay]

At UNSW, you'll touch basic circuit design. Albeit, Computer Engineering will go into much more depth of circuit design than Mechatronics.

Mechatronics is pretty much control systems. You can interface control systems with computing, electronics, mechanical systems, chemical reactions, etc.

Electrical is pretty broad in that you can choose multiple different paths. However, it is expected that you learn and become proficient with many aspects of circuit design. You can do control systems as part of Electrical but of course if you take this route then you will learn the Electrical and simple Mechanical aspects behind them (yes you do some mechanics in later years of Electrical).