EECE 2160 — Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summerBostonTraditional
Introduces the basics of digital design and programming for embedded systems through an integrated lecture and lab course. Covers digital design, object-oriented programming, using Linux, and controlling physical devices via software. The lab portion of this course offers hands-on experience at developing hardware and software to control a robotic device via an embedded systems platform.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- EECE 2140 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
- CS 2510 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 4 | 146 | 168 | 87% | 5.5 |
| Spring 2024 | 2 | 56 | 84 | 67% | 14.0 |
| Summer A 2024 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 50% | 21.0 |
| Summer B 2024 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 28% | 29.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 4 | 116 | 168 | 69% | 13.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 71 | 84 | 85% | 6.5 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 50% | 21.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 4 | 166 | 168 | 99% | 0.5 |
| Spring 2026 | 2 | 80 | 84 | 95% | 2.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 32% · T 17% · W 38% · Th 23% · F 0%
Common patterns: W (23% of sections), R (23% of sections), M (17% of sections), T (17% of sections), MW (15% of sections), S (6% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Thomas Consi (29% of students) · reviews
- Syed Shazli (29% of students) · reviews
- Emad Aboelela (20% of students) · reviews
- John Kimani (10% of students) · reviews
Spring
- John Kimani (37% of students) · reviews
- Julius Marpaung (34% of students) · reviews
- Thomas Consi (19% of students) · reviews
- Syed Shazli (10% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Thomas Consi (100% of students) · reviews
Summer B
- Drew Zagieboylo (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
CS 3000, CS 3800, EECE 2322, EECE 2560, EECE 4630, EECE 5552, EECE 5554, ME 5554
Courses that list EECE 2160 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (EECE course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All EECE courses · Plan it at numap.app