BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

 

ECE 111: Introduction to ECE

Syllabus : Fall 2024


Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Resources - Comments


Instructor: Ben Braaten

Class Times: 9:30am Tu FLC122

Computer Lab Recitation: Th, 9:30am, FLC122


 

 

Lecture (ECE & Matlab)

Videos

YouTube Playlist

Handouts &

Sample Code

Homework

Aug 27

Week 1

Introduction

Slide 0: Introduction

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Matlab Basics

Week 1 Slides

 

0: Introduction

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1: Matlab Basics

Download Matlab

Dice

For Loop

While Loop

HW #1

Solution #1 (pdf)

Solution #1 (YouTube)

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HW #1 (Make-Up)

Optional: if you missed this hw set

Sep 3

Week 2

Math 103: Algebra 1

Week 2 Slides

Solving one equation for one unknown

2: Algebra 1

2 Handout

HW #2

Solution #2 (pdf)

Solution #2 (YouTube)

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HW #2 (Make-Up)

Sep 10

Week 3

Math 105: Trigonometry

Week 3 Slides

Polar to rectangular conversions

3: Trigonometry

3 Handout

Clover

Trig Functions

Lissajieu Figure

 

HW #3

Solution #3 (pdf)

Solution #3 (YouTube)

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HW #3 (Make-Up)

Sep 17

Week 4

Math 129: Linear Algebra

Week 4 Slides

Solving N equations for N unknowns

4: Linear Algebra

4 Handout

CO2 Levels vs Year (txt)

Temperature Deviations (txt)

Arctic Sea Ice (txt)

Fargo Temp (avg)

HW #4

Solution #4 (pdf)

Solution #4 (YouTube)

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HW #4 (Make-Up)

Sep 24

Week 5

Renewable Energy

Week 5 Slides

Wind and Solar Energy

South Australia & Renewable Energy (article)

Renewables hit 146% in South Australia (article)

Wind & Solar hit 61% in Australia (article)

5: Renewable Energy

5 Handout

NDAWN

PowerCurve

SWT23

HW #5

Solution #5 (pdf)

Solution #5 (YouTube)

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HW #5 (Make-Up)

Oct 1

Week 6

Math 165: Calculus 1

Week 6 Slides

Differentiation

6: Differentiation

6 Handout

Derivative

HW #6

Solution #6 (pdf)

Solution #6 (YouTube)

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HW #6 (Make-Up)

Oct 8

Week 7

Math 166: Calculus II

Week 7 Slides

Integration

7: Integration

7 Handout

Integrate

Shoot

HW #7

Solution #7 (pdf)

Solution #7 (YouTube)

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HW #7 (Make-Up)

Oct 15

Week 8

EE 206: Circuits I

Week 8 Slides

Kirchoffs Laws, Resistor Circuits, HP42 Calculator (Free42)

8: Circuits I

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HP42 Tutorial

8 Handout

HW #8

Solution #8 (pdf)

Solution #8 (YouTube)

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HW #8 (Make-Up)

Oct 22

Week 9

EE 206: Circuits I

Week 9 Slides

KVN, KCL

9: KVN, KCL

9 Handout

HW #9

Solution #9 (pdf)

Solution #9 (YouTube)

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HW#9 (Make-Up)

Oct 29

Week 10

EE 206: Capacitors

Week 10 Slides

Capacitors, Heat Equation

10: Capacitors

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Leyden Jar (EB)

10 Handout

RC3

RC10

HW #10

Solution #10 (pdf)

Solution #10 (YouTube)

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HW#10 (make-up)

Nov 5

Week 11

ECE 351: Inductors

Week 11 Slides

Inductors, Wave Equation

11: Inductors

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Magnetism (EB)

11 Handout

RLC3

RLC30

HW #11

Solution #11 (pdf)

Solution #11 (YouTube)

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HW #11 (make-up)

Nov 12

Week 12

EE 206: Complex Numbers

Week 12 Slides

Complex Numbers, HP42

12: Complex Numbers

HP42 Tutorial

12 Handout

HW #12

Solution #12 (pdf)

Solution #12 (YouTube)

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HW #12 (make-up)

Nov 19

Week 13

ECE 206: Phasors

Week 13 Slides

Phasors

13: Phasors

13 Handout

HW #13

Solution #13 (pdf)

Solution #13 (YouTube)

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HW #13 (make-up)

Nov 26

Week 14

ECE 343: Signals

Week 14 Slides

Filter Design

14: Filter Design

14 Handout

Cost_chain

CostF

HW #14

Solution #14 (pdf)

Solution #14 (YouTube)

Dec 3

Week 15

ECE 343: Signals

Week #15 Slides

Frequency content of a signal

15 Signals (take 2)

15 Handout

HW #15

Solution #15 (pdf)

Solution #15 (YouTube)

Dec 10

Week 16

ECE 331: Energy Conversion

Week 16 Slides

Transformers

16: Energy Conversion

 

AC vs. DC (Electroboom)

16 Handout

HW #16

Extra 1

ECE 341: Random Processes

Week 17 Slides

t-Test, Chi-Squared Test

17: Statistics

17 Handout

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Chi-Squared Table

Student t-Table

Normal Dist Table

Extra 2

ECE 320: Electronics I

Week #18 Slides

Solving nonlinear equations, load lines

18 Electronics I

18 Handout

Diode1.m

Diode3.m

 

Extra 3

ECE 321: Electronics II

Week #19 Slides

Sensors and Instrumentation

19 Electronics II

19 Handout

 

Extra 4

Biomedical Engineering

Week #20 Slides

Modeling the Cardiovascular System

20 Biomed Engineering

20 Handout

Winkessel