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SYDE 192Digital Systems

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Systems Design Engineering

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2025–26.

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Digital technology, combinatorial logic, binary arithmetic, synchronous sequential circuits, design methodology, algorithmic state machines, microcomputer interfacing.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
      • BME393 - Digital Systems (0.50)
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
      • BME292

Leads to

Reviewed on UW Flow

84% liked it66% easy92% useful

From 74 ratings and 7 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Had Prof. Babaie. Unfortunately, it is next to impossible to understand his lectures so you might as well just rely on the slides and learning content from mindlessly searching on Google. However, he does care a lot and the content is super fun and useful, if you understand what you are doing.

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  • Easy course if you took Computer Engineering Technology in highschool

    Nov 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Best course in 1B. Fun course, and very inspirational for my future.

    Aug 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Professor Babaie has got to be one of the worst professors I have ever had the displeasure of having. He is so lazy and unhelpful. He uploads quizzes late without thinking of the consequences it has on students and their plans. For example, we have quizzes that run Friday to Monday, and this specific Monday we had a midterm for 112. However, Professor Babaie did not upload the midterm until Monday at 3:00pm. Professor Babaie has also decided to copy all of the late Professor Igor Ivkovic's slides, however, he is missing the wonderful lectures that accompany the slides. This Professor is so lazy that the feedback form he uploaded for students to fill out was directly copied from Igor…

    Jul 2021 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Amazing course. Some concepts can be challenging but make sure to understand everything at a deep level

    Dec 2018 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

8 posts and comments in 8 threads mention SYDE 192, December 2011 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2022

SYDE Difficulty (Upper Year) 2 points, 3 comments

“How hard is SYDE in second and third year, compared to first year. Any difficult terms in particular or courses?”

u/Poomon: “… Personally, I'd watch out for electromagnetism (SYDE 283) and digital systems (SYDE 192), while the content for both were interesting, the profs I had for those were abysmal. …”

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Winter 2022

Fall 2021

Fall 2020

Admissions / High School Megathread (Fall 2020) 316 points, 7,386 comments

“I think we lost track of the old one somewhere, and this is to also help reset the expiry date (these threads archive after six months) Engineering Admissions Blog: https://theroadtoengineering.com/ …”

u/Master_Parsley: “For SYDE students who have taken the more hands-on courses (involving circuits, hardware, prototyping, etc.), what did you think of these courses? …”

u/JunChang1122: “You only have 2 strictly hardware focused classes (SYDE 192/192L and SYDE 292/292L). 192 will give you more experience with embedded systems (binary logic, microcontrollers, arduino architecture, assembly language, etc.) and 292 is the "traditional" engineering circuits course. …”

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Winter 2019

Transferring BME to SYDE 9 points, 3 comments

“Presume you just finished BME 1B with an average grade. Will I be able to easily transfer to SYDE 2A after, or will I have to start from SYDE 1A all over again? &x200B;”

u/TaIent: “… based on these calendars, it looks like the only course you'd have to make up is SYDE 192 and SYDE 192L instead of taking SYDE 223 in 2A, but I'd ask an advisor to be sure.”

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Spring 2018

Spring 2016

Fall 2011

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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