What is Electronic engineering?
[[Image:Silego clock generator.JPG|thumb|right|[[Printed circuit board]]]] '''Electronic engineering''' is an [[engineering]] discipline that investigates the use of electricity and magnetism. Electronic engineers are concerned with such processes as: the use of [[radio wave]]<nowiki/>s, the design of electronic circuits, the design of computer systems, and the development of [[control system]]<nowiki/>s such as aircraft autopilots and other [[embedded system]]s. The term 'electronic engineering' started to emerge increasingly in the late 1950s. Before [[World War II]], electronic engineering was most commonly known as a 'radio engineering'. At that time, studying radio engineering at a university was part of a physics degree. Later, as other electronic devices were developed, the field broadened to include [[radar]], television, audio systems, Hi-Fi and later computers and [[microprocessor]]<nowiki/>s. In the mid to late 1950s, the term 'radio engineering' gradually gave way to the name 'electronic engineering', which then became a stand-alone university degree subject. Engineers must study the sciences of [[physics]] and [[mathematics]] as these help to understand systems and make them better. Today most engineering work involves the use of computers and it is commonplace to use [[computer-aided technologies]] when designing [[electronics]] systems. Some electronic engineers work in [[robotics]]. {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Electronics]]