MTRX1702 Mechatronics 1 (University of Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
MTRX1702 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 机电一体化1
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This unit of study aims to provide a foundation for the study of systems and embedded programming for the degree in Mechatronic Engineering. It is based around a systems engineering approach to requirements capture, software design, implementation, debugging and testing in the context of the C programming language.
MTRX1702 has 8 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 · usefulness 4.3 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.3 stars); 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.0/5).
On Reddit: "\*\*\*\*\*Experience from up to four years ago MTRX1702 on its own is already something that's going to take up many hours a day when assignments are released. It's C programming. If you don't know C programming, but know something higher level like Matlab or Python, it's quite …"
On Reddit: "MTRX1702 is all coding in C, bit different to python which you learn first but once it starts to make sense it feels way better to me than just using libraries for everything in python. I would say just pay attention in the lectures, do the weekly tutorials and actually do the a…"
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Q: Is MTRX1702 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: usefulness 4.3/5, overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MTRX1702, and when is it offered?
A: MTRX1702 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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