          **ENGR 21: Computer Engineering Fundamentals**
                         **Fall 2024** CRN 17992
              **[Emad Masroor](https://emadmasroor.github.io/) and [Matt Zucker](../index.html)**
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Lecture	Tue/Thu 8:30-9:55, Singer 222
Lab	Mon/Thu 1:15-4:00PM, Singer 222/221 (beginning 9/10)
Pre-requisites	MATH 025, ENGR 017
Wizard sessions	Mon 7:00 PM
HW due date	Tuesday 11:59 PM (usually)
Final Exam	None — final project
Office Hours (Masroor)	Tue 3:30 - 5:00 PM, Singer 112
Office Hours (Zucker)	Thu 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Singer 235

In ENGR 021: Computer Engineering Fundamentals, you will learn how to teach a computer to do things that engineers need to do using Python. No prior knowledge of programming is assumed, so this will be a ‘first course in programming for engineers’ at Swarthmore. You will learn how to program computers (such as a laptop or desktop) and microcontrollers (such as the Circuit Playground Express) to manipulate information and perform tasks relevant to engineering, and to develop your sense of ‘computational thinking’. You will also learn how to use basic numerical methods that are commonly used in engineering. The course can (conceptually) be divided into three parts:

Introduction to programming
Using a microcontroller to observe and manipulate the environment
Numerical techniques and their applications to engineering

Course Schedule

Class	Lecture	Topic
1.1 09/03	Lec 1	Introduction & Installation; variables & types
1.2 09/05	Lec 2	Programming basics: variables, types, conditionals
2.1 09/10	Lec 3	Base systems; Analog vs. digital data [files]