BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 405: Senior Design III

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: Mo 3pm, Offerdahl West 123 (ECE 123)

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Mo	Activity (where you should be)	Resources	Homework Milestones you should meet to get an A
Jan 13 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
Jan 20 Week 2	Holiday		HW2: System Breadboard Breadboard your entire system Include photo in OneNote
Jan 27 Week 3	1: Syllabus Week #1 Slides
Feb 3 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
Feb 10 Week 5	3: Fusion 360 PCB - Fusion360 Highlights for PCB Design Week #3 Slides
Feb 17 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 November 4th One PCB and worksheet per student
Feb 24 Week 7	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)	-
Mar 3 Week 8	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)		HW4: PCB Layout - PCB Final Design Requirements Design PCB Order PCB Base Grade = C
Mar 10 Week 9	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)	-
Mar 17 Week 10	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)		HW6: PCB Test Base Grade = B
Mar 24 Week 11	Work on your project (no class)
Mar 31 Week 12	Spring Break		HW7: Packaging Base Grade = A
Apr 7 Week 13	Meet with your project sponsor (no class)
Apr 14 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
Apr 21 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
Apr 28 Week 16
May 5 Week 16	Attend Senior Design Expo - Memorial Union - Poster - Working Device		HW10: Sr Design Expo