BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 376: Embedded Systems

Syllabus - Fall 2019

Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Best of 376 - Lab Kits - Resources - Comments

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Instructor: Jacob Glower
Contact Info: jacob_glower@yahoo.com (where to email your homework solutions)
Class Times: MWF 2pm, FLC 122

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	Date	Lecture	Videos	Sample Code	Homework
M	Aug 26	Holiday!	Photo of EVB		HW #1 Solution #1
W	Aug 28	Syllabus	Soldering you PCB
F	Aug 30	Architecture and Boolean Math	Assembler Demo
M	Sept 2	Holiday!			HW #2 Solution #2
W	Sept 4	PIC Assembler List of Assembler Commands	Count.asm demo	CountC.asm CountABCD.asm CountABCDv2.asm CountABCDv3.asm
F	Sept 6	Boot Loaders and MPLAB Flow Charts and Binary Inputs (Software)	Blink.asm demo $65 Dice Random Numbers in Assembler	BootLoader.zip Blink0.asm (3.3MHz) Blink.asm (261Hz)
M	Sept 9	Binary Inputs (Hardware)	Light Counter	CountRB0.asm Random.asm Random2.asm Random3.asm	HW #3 Solution #3
W	Sept 11	Binary Outputs & Timing	1-Key and 4-Key Piano Piano Staircase (FunTheory)	Piano0 Piano1 (1-note piano) Piano2 (4-note piano)
F	Sept 13	Binary Outputs < 20mA: LEDs Binary Outputs > 20mA (LEDs with a Transistor)	LED Flashlight	Flashlight Flashlight2 Flashlight3 Flashlight4
M	Sept 16	AdaFruit: NeoPixels	NeoPixel Demo NeoPixel Flashlight	NeoPixel12.asm NeoPixel750.asm	Test #1 Test #1 Solution
W	Sept 18	Review
F	Sept 20	Test #1: Assembler & Digital I/O
M	Sept 23	C with Mplab8 C with MplabX C vs. Assembler	C Demo in MPLAB 8.92 C Demo in MPLABX Binary Clock in MPLABX	Count.C Clock.C	HW #4 Solution #4
W	Sept 25	Holiday!
F	Sept 27	Binary Outputs - LCD	LCD Demo in MPLAB 8.92 LCD Demo in MPLABX	Roulette.C LCD_Demo LCD_PortD.C
M	Sept 30	Keypads in C	Keypad & RPN Calc Blinking Lights RGB Led Driver	Keypad.C RPN.C LCD_PortD.C Keypad zip files	HW #5
W	Oct 2	Stepper Motors in C	Stepper Motor Tennis Game Equatorial Platform	Stepper1.C LCD_PortD.C Stepper.zip
F	Oct 4	NeoPixels in C	Neopixel & Keypad NeoPixel & Keypad v2 Bouncing Lights	NeoPixel0 NeoPixel1 NeoPixel2 LCD_PortD
M	Oct 7	A/D, D/A Converters	Improved Roulette Wheel Stepper Motor Angle Control	Ohm Meter.c	HW #6
W	Oct 9	More fun with Analog Inputs		Trombone.C Neopixel Flashlight ver 1 Neopixel Flashlight ver 2 Multi Meter
F	Oct 11	D/A Converters and Analog Outputs	Carol of the Bells
M	Oct 14	Instrumentation Amplifiers and Calibration		Data Logger	HW #7
W	Oct 16	t-Test, F-Test, Chi-Squared Test	StatTrek	Monthly Highs Monthly Lows
F	Oct 18	More Fun with Statistics and Curve Fitting		Thermistor Values Transistor Gains Temp Deviation Loaded Die.C
M	Oct 21	Term Project Overview			Term Project Due Dec 9th
W	Oct 23	Review
F	Oct 25	Test #2: C Programming
M	Oct 28	Timer 2 Interrupts Summary of Interrupts	LED Driver Reflex Timer	Timer2	HW #8
W	Oct 30	Timer 2 Examples	Count Down Timer Music Box Bottle Bank (FunTheory)	Timer2 Piano & Music Box Timer2 PWM & Rainbow Stepper2.C Stepper3.C Stepper4.C
F	Nov 1	Timer 0/1/2/3 Interrupts	Roulette Wheel Bass and Melody Reaction Game	Timer0.C Timer0.zip
M	Nov 4	Fun with Timer 0/1/2/3 Interrupts	Chord.C Demo Quad.C Demo Freq.C Demo Tach.C Demo PWM.C Demo Scooby Doo with Interrupts Quad Copter Motor	Chord.C 4-note piano with chords Quad.C: 0.9 – 2.0ms pulses Freq.C: cycles / second Tach.C: seconds / cycle PWM.C 0.1 – 99.9% PWM LCD_PORTD.C (lcd driver for all)	HW #9
W	Nov 6	INT Interrupts	Angle.C Reaction Test Game Worlds Deepest Trashcan
F	Nov 8	Timer 1 Capture	Leon Theremin Theremin: Over the Rainbow	Capture1.C Capture2.C Range.C Jump.C Capture.zip
M	Nov 11	Holiday!			HW #10
W	Nov 13	Timer 1 Compare	Function Generator Carol of the Bells	Compare1.C Compare2.C PWM.C Compare.zip
F	Nov 15	SCI Data Communications & Serial Interrupt	SPI with a Neopixel Keyboard Control Stepper Motor	SCI Monitor
M	Nov 18	Filters in the s-Plane			HW #11
W	Nov 20	Filters in the z-Plane
F	Nov 22	FIR Filters
M	Nov 25	Measuring Position: GPS
W	Nov 27	Holiday!
F	Nov 29	Holiday!
M	Dec 2	Placing a PIC in stand-alone mode Low-Power Operation
W	Dec 4	Review
F	Dec 6	Test #3: Interrupts
M	Dec 9	Term Project Presentations
W	Dec 11	Term Project Presentations
F	Dec 13	Review
		Final Exam
		Stepper Motors in Assembler		Stepper.asm