BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 405: Senior Design III

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, jacob.glower@ndsu.edu

Office Hours: Mo-Th 9-10am

Class Times: Mo 3pm, ECE 125

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Mo	Activity (where you should be)	Resources	Homework Milestones you should meet to get an A
Aug 26 Week 1	Holiday - Week 1 Activities Meet with your design group Set up meeting schedules for ECE 405 Update Gantt Chart for ECE 405 Start breadboarding entire system - Lab Station Location Check your Keycard Access	ECE Resources - Parts Order Form - ECE Inventory	HW1: Gantt Chart Gantt chart for ECE 405 Meeting schedule for ECE 405
Sep 2 Week 2	Holiday		HW2: System Breadboard Breadboard your entire system Include photo in OneNote
Sep 9 Week 3	1: Syllabus Week #1 Slides
Sep 16 Week 4	2: Fusion 360 Schematics - Fusion 360 - Getting Started (video) - Fusion 360 Intro & 555 Timer (video) - PCB Suggestions (power planes, mounting holes, etc.)		HW3: Breadboard Test Verify system works Base Grade = D
Sep 23 Week 5	3: Fusion 360 PCB Week #3 Slides
Sep 30 Week 6	4: Soldering Surface Mount Parts Week #4 Slides	Hand Soldering SMT (Gammell) SMT Workstation (Electronic Clinic) Solder Paste (Voltera) Hand Soldering SMT (Adafruit)	HW5: Soldering Surface Mount Parts Due Feb 26^th One PCB and worksheet per student
Oct 7 Week 7	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)	-
Oct 14 Week 8	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)		HW4: PCB Layout Design PCB Order PCB Base Grade = C
Oct 21 Week 9	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)	-
Oct 28 Week 10	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)		HW6: PCB Test Base Grade = B
Nov 4 Week 11	Work on your project (no class)
Nov 11 Week 12	Holiday		HW7: Packaging Base Grade = A
Nov 18 Week 13	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)
Nov 25 Week 14	Final Requirements - Work on your final report - Hardware test & validation - Software test & validation - Overall system test & validation - Update OneNote document		HW8: Attend Meetings Attend biweekly meetings
Dec 2 Week 15	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)	Poster Information - Template - Example #1 - Example #2	HW9: Poster & Video Create Poster Record 2-minute video
Dec 9 Week 16	Attend Senior Design Expo - Thursday, May 2^nd - Noon to 3pm - Memorial Union Main Ballroom - Poster - Working Device		HW10: Sr Design Expo
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