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Question is simple. Your opinion all round?
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Control engineering Vs. Communication enginering
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The discussion contrasts control engineering and communication engineering, highlighting their distinct focuses. Control engineering emphasizes closed-loop feedback design and is often more electronics-oriented, while communication engineering involves RF circuitry design and modulation techniques such as QAM and OFDM. The conversation underscores the importance of personal interest in choosing a specialization, as job opportunities and salaries fluctuate. Participants suggest exploring job sites for insights on career prospects and emphasize the value of aligning one's career with personal passions.
PREREQUISITES- Understanding of closed-loop feedback systems in control engineering
- Familiarity with RF circuitry and modulation techniques like QAM and OFDM
- Basic knowledge of Fourier Transform, Probability, and Statistics
- Awareness of job market trends in engineering fields
- Research RF circuitry design and its applications in communication engineering
- Learn about modulation techniques, specifically QAM and OFDM
- Explore feedback control theory and its implications in engineering
- Investigate job opportunities and salary trends in both control and communication engineering
Engineering students, professionals in control and communication fields, and anyone considering a career path in electronics or RF design.
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What do you mean by communication engineering? Do you mean designing RF circuitry for wireless communication, or more into the band and bandwidth, modulations like QAM, OFDM etc.?
Control engineering is more about closed loop feedback design, it usually is more electronics oriented except on slower system that people use software to do the closed loop control. It is not the most challenging type of design. Nothing like the RF and microwave electronics design.
If it is like the modulations and calculate QAM etc which I am not very familiar. Seems like it is more about calculation of the system through put, It involve math like Fourier Transform, Probability, Statistic, etc. Not exactly very deep into electronics. Excuse me if I have this one wrong. I read a little into this and I was stopped because I forgot most of the probality and never really get into statistics. Knowing Fourier Transform is not enough for me to understand the detail of calculating bit error rate and all. I am more the electronics person and I loss interest after a while on this.
If you refer to is RF, then I feel that is the most interesting. I spend quite a few years studying EM and RF circuitry design. I find this is the most challenging( difficult) and rewarding.
Bottom line is choose what you like, don't choose by the job opportunity as it change from time to time. What I wrote is basically on my own interest that might not apply to you.
Control engineering is more about closed loop feedback design, it usually is more electronics oriented except on slower system that people use software to do the closed loop control. It is not the most challenging type of design. Nothing like the RF and microwave electronics design.
If it is like the modulations and calculate QAM etc which I am not very familiar. Seems like it is more about calculation of the system through put, It involve math like Fourier Transform, Probability, Statistic, etc. Not exactly very deep into electronics. Excuse me if I have this one wrong. I read a little into this and I was stopped because I forgot most of the probality and never really get into statistics. Knowing Fourier Transform is not enough for me to understand the detail of calculating bit error rate and all. I am more the electronics person and I loss interest after a while on this.
If you refer to is RF, then I feel that is the most interesting. I spend quite a few years studying EM and RF circuitry design. I find this is the most challenging( difficult) and rewarding.
Bottom line is choose what you like, don't choose by the job opportunity as it change from time to time. What I wrote is basically on my own interest that might not apply to you.
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I share your taught, none of the areas are not specified tight, so... that's why I need all round (or wide) opinion. Job opportunities, salary, best specialisation, etc...
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track said:
Look at job sites to find out about job opportunities and salary. But still, go with what you like, that's the most important thing.
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"Know thyself"
if you like huge machinery control field might be the place. Power generation, transportation, manufacturing, all are enjoying increasingly sophisticated control systems.
You'll find feedback theory changes your view of how Mother Nature runs things.
e.g. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/14/the-thermostat-hypothesis/
(last comment there is mine)
Communications is IMHO more "hip". But i have no experience in that field so won't comment.
if you like huge machinery control field might be the place. Power generation, transportation, manufacturing, all are enjoying increasingly sophisticated control systems.
You'll find feedback theory changes your view of how Mother Nature runs things.
e.g. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/14/the-thermostat-hypothesis/
(last comment there is mine)
Communications is IMHO more "hip". But i have no experience in that field so won't comment.
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How about a little of both?track said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA"
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