MTRX2700 Mechatronics 2 (University of Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
MTRX2700 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2
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
The aim of the unit is to introduce students to microprocessor and microcomputer systems, emphasising assembly language programming and building on the digital logic foundations from first year. In particular, the following subjects are addressed: Introduction to microprocessors, stored-program computer architecture, instruction codes and addressing modes, instruction execution cycle; Memory devices.
MTRX2700 has 6 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
On Reddit: "Sounds like classic Eduardo. On a better note, he used to show past papers from 2007 and 2008 so he's getting better! luckily the past papers have pretty much the exact same structure as the old ones, and I took the exam in 2017 and 2018 :') The block diagram structure as a gene…"
On Reddit: "Ah yeah that's how everyone got them when I took it, too. ​ I'd throw in the pins too but I never saw my exam get marked so who knows. From memory it was C based timer interrupts. Yeah I'd do that with pins too, it'll probably stick to the format of the labs. ​ Sor…"
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Q: Is MTRX2700 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MTRX2700, and when is it offered?
A: MTRX2700 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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