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Very caring professor. Put extra effort into helping me with different obstacles and takes time to know and invest in his students. Gives lots of opportunities to improve your grade. Doing the exercises to completion will help you succeed. Prof. notices if you are putting in extra effort and is helpful in return, which is always nice.Rate My Professors ↗
Fun class. There is no piazza for the course which makes it really difficult to ask questions.Rate My Professors ↗
The content was good, but there were midterms and exams in a class that was extremely project heavy. It didn't really make sense to have exams because it was a lot of fill in the blank code and conceptual questions, when the class was entirely application based in the projects that compounded together over the semesterRate My Professors ↗
The content was very enjoyable, regardless of Joe being difficult to work with at times. He sometimes understands certain situations, such as exam conflicts. I still believe he is a very difficult professor, but the content in this course is very useful.Rate My Professors ↗
Krachey hands down is the best professor in the department. The class is a lot of work and a lot of coding, but is really interesting and super practical. I never felt like the assignments were unfair, and grading policies were super kind. It is important to show up - If you go to class and put your best effort in on every assignment, you do wellRate My Professors ↗
I went to his office hours and he always have a tired face. He is impatient and make you feel like you are asking stupid questions. One of my friend went to office hour and ask about solution towards failure on his homework grade and he told my friend: "There is nothing I will do. Just drop the class." I feel very discomfort with this professorRate My Professors ↗
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Introductory Microprocessor Laboratory covers software and hardware experiments with microcomputers, including assembly language programming, I/O interfacing, and interrupt processing.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=91 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.96 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=82 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=92 letter grades).
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to microprocessor architecture, operation, and application. Covers programming, address decoding, system timing, I/O, interrupts, DMA, and RAM interfacing for microcontrollers.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Joseph Krachey
Joseph Krachey taught a project-heavy course that required significant coding effort and in-class exercises to succeed. Students noted that exams often featured fill-in-the-blank code and conceptual questions, which some found misaligned with the application-based projects. Krachey was described as approachable and supportive, offering opportunities to improve grades and maintaining kind grading policies.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Independent Study course for ECE featuring directed study projects arranged with the instructor.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.71 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleEmbedded Microprocessor System Design covers hardware and software design for modern microprocessor-based embedded systems, focusing on the design process and a major team project.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Joseph Krachey
Joseph Krachey taught a hard but rewarding class where students found him helpful and clear. Reviewers noted that ordering components early was crucial because payment hurdles sometimes caused late deliveries during the semester.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026ECE 491 Senior Design Project involves engineering design projects supervised by faculty members.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2013: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | ECE 315 | Introductory Microprocessor Laboratory |
| Spring 2027 | ECE 353 | Introduction to Microprocessor Systems |
| Spring 2027 | ECE 399 | Independent Study |
| Spring 2027 | ECE 453 | Embedded Microprocessor System Design |
| Spring 2027 | ECE 491 | Senior Design Project |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 315 | Introductory Microprocessor Laboratory |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 353 | Introduction to Microprocessor Systems |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 453 | Embedded Microprocessor System Design |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 699 | Advanced Independent Study |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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