BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 376: Embedded Systems

Syllabus: Spring 2025

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

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Instructor: Jacob Glower:

Contact: jacob.glower@ndsu.edu

Class Times: MWF 1pm ECE 123 (Offerdahl West)

Classes live streamed on Zoom

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	Date	Lecture	Videos YouTube PlayList	Sample Code	Homework
M	Jan 13	Holiday! -	Photo of PCB Soldering you PCB	Install Matlab	HW #1
W	Jan 15	Syllabus Slide #0	0 Syllabus	FTDI Driver FTDI Driver (exe)
F	Jan 17	Architecture and Boolean Math Lecture #1	1 Architecture	Assembler (handout)
M	Jan 20	Holiday! -			HW #2
W	Jan 22	PIC Assembler Lecture #2	2 Assembler	Assembler Code (handout) 1234.asm Add Subtract.asm
F	Jan 24	MPLAB8 & Flow Charts Lecture #3	3 MPLAB8	CountRB0.asm Random.asm BootLoader.zip
M	Jan 27	Binary Inputs & Counters Lecture #4	4 Binary Inputs	Up.asm UpDown.asm HungryHungryHippo.asm	HW #3
W	Jan 29	Binary Outputs & Timing Lecture #5	5 Binary Outputs Piano Staircase (FT)	Timing (handout) Piano0.asm Piano1.asm Piano4.asm
F	Jan 30	Binary Outputs: LEDs Lecture #6	6 LEDs	Flashlight.asm FlashlightPWM.asm
M	Feb 3	AdaFruit: NeoPixels Lecture #7	7 NeoPixels	RGB.asm Rainbow.asm ColorWheel.asm
W	Feb 5	Review -	Review for Test 1
F	Feb 7	Test #1: Assembler & Digital I/O		MPLAB C-Compilers
M	Feb 10	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
W	Feb 12	C & LCD Displays Lecture #9	9 LCD Displays	LCD_Demo1.C LCD Clock.C LCD_PortD.C
F	Feb 14	Keypads in C Lecture #10	10 Keypads	Keypad.C Alarm Clock.c RPN.C LCD_PortD.C
M	Feb 17	Holiday -			HW #5
W	Feb 19	Stepper Motors in C Lecture #11	11 Stepper Motors Motor Animations	Stepper1.C Stepper2.C Stepper3.C
F	Feb 21	NeoPixels and In-Line Assembly Lecture #12	12 NeoPixels	NeoPixel0 NeoPixel1 NeoPixel2
M	Feb 24	A/D Converters Lecture #13	13 A/D	Trombone.C NeoPixel Flashlight.c Ohm Meter.c	HW #6
W	Feb 26	Statistics: Chi-Squared Test Lecture #15	15 Chi Squared StatTrek	Handout 15 Chi-Squared Table Loaded Die
F	Feb 28	Chi-Squared Examples Lecture 15b	15b Chi Squared Examples
M	Mar 3	Data Collection & Calibration Lecutre #14	14 Data Collection	d6 Data Logger	HW #7
W	Mar 5	Student t-Test with One Population Lecture #16	16 Student t Test	Handout 16 Normal Distribution Table Student t Table
F	Mar 7	Student t-Test with Two Populations Lecture #16b	16b: t-Test with Two Populations	Handout 16b
M	Mar 10	Spring Break -
W	Mar 12	Spring Break -
F	Mar 14	Spring Break -
M	Mar 17	D/A Converters Lecture #17	17 D/A	D2A.c
W	Mar 19	Review -
F	Mar 21	Test #2: C Programming & Statistics
M	Mar 24	Timer 2 Interrupts Lecture #18	18 Timer 2 Reflex Timer	Interrupts Timer2 LCD_PortD.C	HW #8 - Term Project
W	Mar 26	Timer 2 Examples Lecture #19	19 Timer2 Examples Deepest Trashcan (FT)	T2 Clock T2 Stopwatch T2 Piano T2 Stepper T2 PWM
F	Mar 28	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	Mar 31	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
W	Apr 2	INT Interrupts Lecture #22	22 INT Bottle Bank (FT)	Voting Machine Pulse Width Optical Encoder
F	Apr 4	Timer 1 Capture Lecture #23	23 Capture Theremin	Capture1.C Capture2.C Range.C LCD_PortD.C
M	Apr 7	Timer 1 Compare Lecture #24	24 Compare	Compare1.C Compare2.C PWM.C	HW #10
W	Apr 9	SCI and GPS Lecture #25	25 SCI and GPS	Monitor
F	Apr 11	Filters in the s-Plane Lecture #26	26 s Filters
M	Apr 14	z-Transform Lecture #27	27 z-Transform		HW #11
W	Apr 16	Filters in the z-Plane Lecture #28	28 z Filters
F	Apr 18	Holiday! -
M	Apr 21	Holiday! -
W	Apr 23	FIR Filters Lecture #29	29 FIR Filters
F	Apr 25	Aliasing - Networks Lecture #30		Network1.c Network2.c
M	Apr 28	Placing a PIC in stand-alone mode Low-Power Operation
W	Apr 30	Review -
F	May 2	Test #3 -
M	May 5	Term Project Demos -
W	May 7	Term Project Demos -
F	May 9	Review -
		Final Exam -