BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 401: Senior Design I

Syllabus Fall 2024

Syllabus - Resources - Comments

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Instructor: Jeff Erikson, Jake Glower

Office: ECE 209 (Erickson), ECE 201 (Glower)

Contact Info: Jeffrey.erickson@ndsu.edu

Office Hours: Mo-Th 9-10am

Class Times: We 3pm, ECE 125

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We	Lecture	Videos YouTube Playlist	Project (homework)
Aug 28 Week 1	0. Syllabus Week #0 Slides - 1. Project List	Beginners Guide to OneNote - OneNote Upgrades	Project List - HW1: Project Selection (10%) Which project you want to work on Pick your lab partner (2/group) Due Week #2
Sep 4 Week 2	2. Project Management & OneNote Week #2 Slides Sample OneNote Document	Project Planning for Beginners Project Management Definitions Waterfall Agile Gantt Chart in Xcel	HW2: Work Breakdown Structure (10%) Set up One-Note (one per group) Share with partners & instructors Outline Level 3 (sections) Outline Level 4 (pages) Due Week #3
Sep 11 Week 3	3. CircuitLab, Diodes, & Transistors Week #3 Slides - LM7805 Datasheets	CircuitLab Demo	HW3: Paper Design (10%) Circuit Schematic Calculations for Rs Calculations for voltages and currents Due Week #6
Sep 18 Week 4	4. Op-Amps & 555 Timers Week #4 Slides - LM555 Datasheets MCP602 Datasheets LM833 Datasheets
Sep 25 Week 5	Career Fair (no class)		HW4: Simulation (10%) - CircuitLab Schematics - CircuitLab Results - Main IC Datasheets - Due Week #8
Oct 2 Week 6	5. Designs Using a Microcontroller Week #5 Slides -	Sample Code 123.c Play_220Hz.c Count.c Count_v2.c Count_v3.c
Oct 9 Week 7	6. Breadboards and Test Points Week #6 Slides - PIC18F2620 on a Breadboard	BreadBoard Intro - Breadboards & Perfboards - PIC18F4620 in Stand-Alone Mode Schematic Breadboard	HW5: Breadboard (10%) - Breadboard Photo - Schematics - Lab Data (multimeter, oscope, etc) - Analysis & discussion of lab data - Parts List - Due Week #10
Oct 16 Week 8	7. Fusion360 & Schematics Week #7 Slides Digikey: Trace Width Calculator ECE Parts Inventory	Fusion 360 Intro & 555 Timer
Oct 23 Week 9	8. Fusion 360 & PCB Layout Week #8 Slides		HW6: PCB Layout (10%) Gerber Files PCB Schematics BOM in Excel format 3D drawing of pcb Updated lab notebook Due Week 12 sample bill-of-materials
Oct 30 Week 10	9: Soldering Meet in ECE 125	Hand Soldering SMT - Hand Soldering SMT (JG) - SMT Workstation	HW7: Practice PCB (10%) Solder a practice PCB Through hole & surface mount parts Lead and Lead-Free Solder Due Week #12
Nov 4 Week 11	Test Equipment – Groups 1-9 Meet in ECE 237	DMM Tutorial - O-Scope Tutorial (SparkFun) - O-Scope (ElectroBoom)	HW8: Test Equipment (10%) Use of Lab Equipment Measure gain & phase of RC circuit Due In-Class Can redo
Nov 11 Week 12	Holiday		HW9: Final Report (20%) Group demo Functioning PCB Poster (Due May 2^nd) Updated lab notebook Due Week 16 (Friday)
Nov 18 Week 13	Test Equipment – Groups 10-19 Meet in ECE 237		PCB boards might be in - Populate PCBs - Create poster
Nov 25 Week 14	Holiday
Dec 4 Week 15	Poster Requirements Q&A Work on project Sign up for final presentation time and date		PCB boards should be in - Populate PCBs - Create poster
Dec 11 Week 16	Sr. Design Expo May 2nd, noon-3pm. MU Ballroom Demonstrations M-F, ECE Room 201 Sign up for times outside ECE 201 One presentation per group		Poster Template (ppt) Sample Poster 1 Sample Poster 2