BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 401: Senior Design I

Syllabus Spring 2025

Syllabus - Resources - ECE Parts Inventory - Comments

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Instructor: Jeff Erikson, Jake Glower

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

Office Hours: Mo-Th 9-10am

Class Times: We 3pm, Offerddahl West 123 (ECE 123) & Zoom

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We	Lecture	Videos YouTube Playlist	Project (homework)
Jan 15 Week 1	0. Syllabus Week #0 Slides - 1. Project List	1: Syllabus & Project List - HW1 Description	Project List - HW1: Project Selection (10%) Which project you want to work on Pick your lab partner (2/group) Due Week #2
Jan 22 Week 2	2. Project Management & OneNote Week #2 Slides Sample OneNote Document	2. Project Management & OneNote - HW2 Description - Beginners Guide to OneNote	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
Jan 29 Week 3	3. Breadboards and Pi Pico Week #3 Slides	3. Breadboards & Pi-Pico - HW3 Description	HW3: Paper Design (10%) Circuit Schematic Calculations for Rs Calculations for voltages and currents Due Week #6
Feb 5 Week 4	Career Fair No class -
Feb 12 Week 5	4. CircuitLab & Op-Amps Week #4 Slides - LM555 Datasheets MCP602 Datasheets	4. CircuitLab & OpAmps - HW4 Description - CircuitLab Demo	HW4: Simulation (10%) CircuitLab Schematics CircuitLab Results Main IC Datasheets Due Week #8
Feb 19 Week 6	5: Diodes & Transistors Week #5 Slides	5. Diodes & Transistors	HW5: Breadboard (10%) Breadboard Photo Schematics Lab Data (multimeter, oscope, etc) Analysis & discussion of lab data Parts List Due Week #10
Feb 26 Week 7	6: Fusion 360 Schematics Week #6 Slides - -	6. Fusion 360 Schematics
Mar 5 Week 8	7. Fusion360 PCB Layout Week #7 Slides - Digikey: Trace Width Calculator	7 Fusion 360 PCB Layout	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
Mar 12 -	Spring Break -
Mar 19 Week 9	8: Through-Hole Soldering Week #8 slides	Soldering Through-Hole Soldering Tutorial	HW7: Practice PCB (10%) Solder a practice PCB Through hole & surface mount parts Lead and Lead-Free Solder Due Week #13
Mar 26 Week 10	Test Equipment Groups 1-9 Meet in ECE 237	DMM Tutorial - O-Scope Tutorial (SparkFun) - O-Scope (ElectroBoom)
Apr 2 Week 11	Test Equipment Groups 10-19 Meet in ECE 237		HW8: Test Equipment (10%) Use of Lab Equipment Measure gain & phase of RC circuit Due In-Class Can redo
Apr 9 Week 12	Go over the final report	HW9: Final Report	HW9: Final Report (20%) Group demo Functioning PCB Poster (Due Dec 8th) Updated lab notebook Due Week 16 (Friday)
Apr 16 Week 13	No Class Sign up for final presentation time and date
Apr 23 Week 14	No Class Sign up for final presentation time and date		PCB boards might be in - Populate PCBs - Create poster
Apr 30 Week 15	No Class Sign up for final presentation time and date		PCB boards should be in - Populate PCBs - Create poster
May 7 Week 16	Sr. Design Expo Tuesday December 10^th, 11am-3pm. MU Sakowin 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