BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 376: Embedded Systems

Syllabus: Fall 2024

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Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Best of 376 - Lab Kits - Resources - Comments

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ACE Tutors: Mo-Th 10am-7pm, Fr 10am-4pm

Lower Level of the West Dining Center

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Instructor: Jacob Glower:

Contact: jacob.glower@ndsu.edu

Class Times: MWF 2pm ECE 123

Classes live streamed on Zoom

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	Date	Lecture	Videos YouTube PlayList	Sample Code	Homework
M	Aug 26	Holiday! -	Photo of PCB Soldering you PCB	Install Matlab	HW #1 Solution #1 (pdf) Solution #1 (YouTube)
W	Aug 28	Syllabus Slide #0	0 Syllabus	FTDI Driver FTDI Driver (exe)
F	Aug 30	Architecture and Boolean Math Lecture #1	1 Architecture	Assembler (handout)
M	Sep 2	Holiday! -			HW #2 Solution #2 (pdf) Solution #2 (YouTube)
W	Sep 4	PIC Assembler Lecture #2	2 Assembler	Assembler Code (handout) 1234.asm Add Subtract.asm
F	Sep 6	MPLAB8 & Flow Charts Lecture #3	3 MPLAB8	CountRB0.asm Random.asm BootLoader.zip
M	Sep 9	Binary Inputs & Counters Lecture #4	4 Binary Inputs	Up.asm UpDown.asm HungryHungryHippo.asm	HW #3 Solution #3 (pdf) Solution #3 (YouTube)
W	Sep 11	Binary Outputs & Timing Lecture #5	5 Binary Outputs Piano Staircase (FT)	Timing (handout) Piano0.asm Piano1.asm Piano4.asm
F	Sep 13	Binary Outputs: LEDs Lecture #6	6 LEDs	Flashlight.asm FlashlightPWM.asm
M	Sep 16	AdaFruit: NeoPixels Lecture #7	7 NeoPixels	RGB.asm Rainbow.asm ColorWheel.asm	Test #1 Test #1 Solution (pdf) Test #1 (YouTube)
W	Sep 18	Review -	Review for Test 1
F	Sep 20	Test #1: Assembler & Digital I/O		MPLAB C-Compilers
M	Sep 23	C Programming with Mplab8 Lecture #8 C Programming with MplabX	8 C Prog in MPLAB8 C Prog in MPLABX	1234.c Count.C Shift.C	HW #4 Solution #4 (pdf) Solution #4 (YouTube)
W	Sep 25	Career Fair No class
F	Sep 27	C & LCD Displays Lecture #9	9 LCD Displays	LCD_Demo1.C LCD Clock.C LCD_PortD.C
M	Sep 30	Keypads in C Lecture #10	10 Keypads	Keypad.C Alarm Clock.c RPN.C LCD_PortD.C	HW #5 Solution #5 (pdf) Solution #5 (YouTube)
W	Oct 2	Stepper Motors in C Lecture #11	11 Stepper Motors Motor Animations	Stepper1.C Stepper2.C Stepper3.C
F	Oct 4	NeoPixels and In-Line Assembly Lecture #12	12 NeoPixels	NeoPixel0 NeoPixel1 NeoPixel2
M	Oct 7	A/D Converters Lecture #13	13 A/D	Trombone.C NeoPixel Flashlight.c Ohm Meter.c	HW #6 Solution #6 (pdf) Solution #6 (YouTube)
W	Oct 9	Statistics: Chi-Squared Test Lecture #15	15 Chi Squared StatTrek	Handout 15 Chi-Squared Table Loaded Die
F	Oct 11	Chi-Squared Examples Lecture 15b	15b Chi Squared Examples
M	Oct 14	Data Collection & Calibration Lecutre #14	14 Data Collection	d6 Data Logger	HW #7 Solution #7 (pdf) Solution #7 (YouTube)
W	Oct 16	Student t-Test with One Population Lecture #16	16 Student t Test	Handout 16 Normal Distribution Table Student t Table
F	Oct 18	Student t-Test with Two Populations Lecture #16b	16b: t-Test with Two Populations	Handout 16b
M	Oct 21	D/A Converters Lecture #17	17 D/A	D2A.c	Test #2 Test #2 Soution (pdf) Test #2 (YouTube)
W	Oct 23	Review -
F	Oct 25	Test #2: C Programming & Statistics
M	Oct 28	Timer 2 Interrupts Lecture #18	18 Timer 2 Reflex Timer	Interrupts Timer2 LCD_PortD.C	Term Project - HW #8 Solution #8 (pdf) Solution #8 (YouTube)
W	Oct 30	Timer 2 Examples Lecture #19	19 Timer2 Examples Deepest Trashcan (FT)	T2 Clock T2 Stopwatch T2 Piano T2 Stepper T2 PWM
F	Nov 1	Timer 0 Interrupts Lecture #20	20 Timer 0 Roulette Wheel Bass and Melody Reaction Game	T0 Ext T0 Time.c T0 Freq.c LCD_PortD.C
M	Nov 4	Timer 0123 Interrupts Lecture #21	21 Timer 0123 Quad.C Demo Scooby Doo Quad Copter Motor	Chord.C : Quad.C Freq.C : Tach.C: PWM.C : LCD_PORTD.C	HW #9 Solution #9 (pdf) Solution #9 (YouTube)
W	Nov 6	INT Interrupts Lecture #22	22 INT Bottle Bank (FT)	Voting Machine Pulse Width Optical Encoder
F	Nov 8	Timer 1 Capture Lecture #23	23 Capture Theremin	Capture1.C Capture2.C Range.C LCD_PortD.C
M	Nov 11	Holiday -			HW #10 Solution #10 (pdf) Solution #10 (YouTube)
W	Nov 13	Timer 1 Compare Lecture #24	24 Compare	Compare1.C Compare2.C PWM.C
F	Nov 15	SCI and GPS Lecture #25	25 SCI and GPS	Monitor
M	Nov 18	Filters in the s-Plane Lecture #26	26 s Filters		HW #11 Solution #11 (pdf) Solution #11 (YouTube)
W	Nov 20	z-Transform Lecture #27	27 z-Transform
F	Nov 22	Filters in the z-Plane Lecture #28	28 z Filters
M	Nov 25	FIR Filters Lecture #29	29 FIR Filters
W	Nov 27	Holiday -
F	Nov 29	Holiday -
M	Dec 2	Aliasing - Networks Lecture #30		Network1.c Network2.c	Test #3 Test #3 Solution (pdf) Test #3 (YouTube)
W	Dec 4	Review -
F	Dec 6	Test #3 -
M	Dec 9	Term Project Demos -
W	Dec 11	Term Project Demos -
F	Dec 13	Review -
M	Dec 16	Final Exam (8-10am)			Final Exam Monday, December 16^th 8-10am (in-person) 6am – midnight (BlackBoard)
W		Placing a PIC in stand-alone mode Low-Power Operation
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