Courses taught in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Dakota State University
ECE 403: Senior Design II
Syllabus Fall 2024
Syllabus
- Resources - Comments
Instructor: Jeff Erikson, Jake Glower
Office: ECE 209 (Erickson), ECE 201 (Glower)
Contact Info: Jeffrey.erickson@ndsu.edu,
jacob.glower@ndsu.edu
Office Hours: Mo-Th
9-10am
Class Times: Friday 3pm, ECE 125
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Lecture |
Videos YouTube Playlist |
Homework |
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Aug 30 Week 1 |
1: Syllabus &
Project Selection Sponsor Info |
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- Rank you top three projects Due Week #2 |
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Sep 6 Week 2 |
2: Project Management &
OneNote Assign
Students to Projects Project Number, Project Title 3 students per team |
Project
Planning for Beginners - |
HW2: Project
Charter & OneNote (10%) Project
Charter Work
Breakdown Structure (Role
of Each Student) OneNote
Document Due
Week #3 |
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Sep 13 Week 3 |
3: Tasks
and Apply Knowledge of ECE Work
Breakdown Structure Major Activities
(Technical Challenges) Tasks
(To-Do List) Gantt
Chart for ECE 403 |
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HW3: Tasks
& ECE Concepts (10%) Separate section in OneNote for each student, including -
What is your role? -
Technical Challenges to solve in ECE
403 -
List of tasks to complete -
Gantt Chart for each student -
What four ECE concepts will you
demonstrate? -
What two ECE tools will you
demonstrate proficiency with? Due Week #4 |
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Sep 20 Week 4 |
Oscilloscopes
(almost mandatory) Multimeters Function Generaters Spectrum
Analyzers Power Factor
Meters Debuggers |
- Check out your lab stations Key card access works You know where your station is |
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Sep 27 Week 5 |
HW4 Tasks & Apply Knowledge of
ECE (1/4) (10%) Work on tasks for ECE 403 While doing so, apply knowledge
of ECE (1/4) Each student should update their
section of OneNote Can revise and will be regraded |
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Oct 4 Week 6 |
Meet at your lab station |
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Oct 11 Week 7 |
Test Equipment (redo) Meet at your lab station Optional if you need to redo |
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HW5 Tasks & Apply
Knowledge of ECE (2/4) (10%) Work on tasks for ECE 403 While
doing so, apply knowledge of ECE (2/4) Each
student should update their section of OneNote Can revise and will be regraded |
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Oct 18 Week 8 |
Work on your project &
Meet with Sponsor (no class) |
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Oct 25 Week 9 |
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Nov 1 Week 10 |
Work on your project &
Meet with Sponsor (no class) |
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HW6 Tasks & Apply Knowledge of ECE (3/4) (10%) Work on tasks for ECE 403 While
doing so, apply knowledge of ECE (3/4) Each
student should update their section of OneNote Can
revise and will be regraded |
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Nov 8 Week 11 |
Work on your project (no class) |
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Nov 15 Week 12 |
Work on your project &
Meet with Sponsor (no class) |
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HW7 Tasks & Apply Knowledge of
ECE (4/4) (10%) Work on tasks for ECE 403 While
doing so, apply knowledge of ECE (2/4) Each
student should update their section of OneNote Can revise and will be regraded |
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Nov 22 Week 13 |
Work on your project (no class) |
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Nov 29 Week 14 |
Holiday |
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Demo mastery of two ECE tools Each student should update their section of OneNote Can refer to other sections (HW5-8) |
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Dec 6 Week 15 |
Work on your project (no class) |
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Dec 13 Week 16 |
Work on your project Attend ECE 405
Demonstrations Noon to 4pm, MU main ballroom |
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Biweekly Meetings
(10%) |