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Going down the right track ?

Hey there, I'm going to study electrical engineering at a top university abroad (t30) and plan to take a minor in applied AI in my second year. So for this, I have started working on Python, Java, and C++ (as I have already completed C back in high school) and plan to work on VHDL afterwards for digital hardware design and test engineering. I'm sure there are so many potential electrical engineers in this group who know if I'm going down the right track.
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Deepak’s Answer

I would just add some advice on regarding the AI minor you mentioned. This is an awesome choice by the way. I think you are doing right with the options you mentioned. I would just suggest that particulary for this field, you can focus more on python. Also, more than programming A.I. would challenge you to bring in clean and valuable data. So, adding some skills to clean and load data would be extra helpful. There are tons oof free courses available nowadays to assist you with learning. I hope that you will have great time learning!! :)
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Manichakravarthi’s Answer

As a student you can read various hardware architecture.. also learn micro controller programming..GO Lang is one of the widely used in the industry.. any programming language you learn .. practice the advanced concepts associated with the hardware testing or programming..
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Thomas’s Answer

I'm not sure where you'll be attending school but, in the US, a new major has emerged in the last 10-20 years that sounds like it will align well with your interests. Computer Engineering focuses on the hardware side of things (like microcontrollers, VHDL or Verilog, large scale system design, and more general programming than electrical engineering). It might be worth seeing if that's a major that's offered at the university.

From what I can tell, you're heading in a great direction. VHDL is great for the logical modeling of hardware, but don't be afraid to get a breadboard and some ICCs and work with the hardware directly. You can also experiment with FPGAs for more practical experience. A great exercise would be to make a counter with a seven segment display and NAND gates + inverters with a button. Learning the practical applications of hardware like debouncing will be helpful along with the theoretical applications.
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