SYDE 292LCircuits, Instrumentation, and Measurements Laboratory
- Units
- 0.25
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Systems Design Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Laboratory experiments for students taking SYDE 292.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 2B
- Enrolled in H-Systems Design Engineering
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Fall 2026 sections
| Section | Class | Enrolled | Meets |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB 001 | 4725 | 22 / 28 | M 13:30–16:20 |
| LAB 002 | 4774 | 26 / 28 | T 13:30–16:20 |
| LAB 003 | 4775 | 26 / 28 | W 13:30–16:20 |
| LAB 004 | 4951 | 24 / 28 | Th 13:30–16:20 |
Reviewed on UW Flow
81% liked it35% easy88% useful
From 57 ratings and 9 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
A difficult but fun course imo! I enjoyed how much freedom we had for the final project, but the guidelines were honestly not well established. It also felt like the grading criteria kept switching and took way more than the allotted time to finish. Also, live gradings felt like humiliation rituals every time - good for trauma bonding with your lab partner though.
Dec 2025 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
This course was mainly project based with live gradings to check your understanding instead of reports. Please study for the live grading, he can smell fear. Overall, this course was a pretty fun one, though the live grading was tough and honestly quite uncomfortable.
Dec 2025 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
learn alot but final project hard to do good on
Dec 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
The lab reports were killer and really took more time than they were worth. The in-lab portion was also pretty mid in terms of what we were doing, which was just measuring outputs of a circuit, which gets tiring quick.
Jun 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Fun course, the labs reports weren't as long as some people had said and I felt like this helped me learn 292 a lot.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention SYDE 292L, September 2014 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.
Winter 2022
Undergrad courses I've taken tier list (details in comments) 161 points, 13 comments
u/MindTheGap9: “… - SYDE292 - I loved this course but might have been the only one - SYDE292L - Orion <3 - ECON206 - Pretty decent. Learned stuff. All I can really ask for. 3A (Covidpocalypse starts here) - SYDE311 - I loved this course, felt like big boy math. Thanks Joe West. …”
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. …”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “… SYDE 161 SYDE 181 SYDE 182 SYDE 202 SYDE 212 SYDE 252 SYDE 262 SYDE 283 SYDE 286 SYDE 292 SYDE 292L SYDE 401 SYDE 411 SYDE 461 SYDE 533 SYDE 543 SYDE 553 SYDE 575 SYDE 631 SYDE 677 SYDE 682 SYDE 740 SYDE 750 SYDE 770 SYDE 780 TAX 600 TAX 614 TAX 616 TAX 619 TAX 620 TN 700 TOUR …”
Fall 2014
Do labs count as courses ? 0 points, 4 comments
“So I need 20 credits or 40 courses to graduate from the cs program (business option), and I took a bunch of bio and Chem labs in first year. Can I count the labs as half courses?”
u/isarl: “Check your transcript; the labs will be listed separately with their own weights, usually as the course number with an L (eg SYDE 292 -> SYDE 292L), if you get credit for them. …”
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