A microcontroller is just one sort of 'embedded computer'. Over the time of your career 'embedded computers' will go from where they are now (everything from 4-bit microcontrollers to Pentium4 class systems) to who knows where. That being said, whichever curriculum you take, make sure you get a solid grounding of courses on the other side. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Ussery" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:32 PM Subject: [OT]: CE or EE? > Hi, all! > I'm trying to decide which college to attend, and the decision has come down > to one that offers Computer Engineering as well as EE, and one that only > offers CE. I like the one with CE only better for a number of reasons, but > I'm not sure whether this is exactly what I want to do. As the university > explains it, CE majors "develop systems containing both hardware and > software for embedded computer systems and real-time applications." > I'm mostly interested in embedded systems devel., but on the microcontroller > level rather than on the "embedded computer" level. I'd like to do both > hardware and software design, not just coding. If anything, I'd rather place > an emphasis on the hardware side. As many of you are PIC professionals, I > thought I'd pose the question to you... Should I go for a EE or CE to be > qualified to work on embedded systems? > > Thanks for your opinions! > > - Robert > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu