BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

 

ECE 376: Embedded Systems

Syllabus: Spring 2024


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


ACE Tutors: Mo-Th 10am-7pm, Fr 10am-4pm

Lower Level of the West Dining Center


Instructor: Jacob Glower:

Contact: jacob.glower@ndsu.edu or jacob_glower@yahoo.com

Class Times: MWF 1pm, ECE 123

Classes live streamed on Zoom


 

Date

Lecture

Videos

YouTube PlayList

Sample Code

Homework

M

Jan 8

Holiday!

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Photo of PCB

Soldering you PCB

Install Matlab

HW #1

Solution #1 (pdf)

Solution #1 (YouTube)

W

Jan 10

Syllabus

Slide #0

0 Syllabus

FTDI Driver

FTDI Driver (exe)

F

Jan 12

Architecture and Boolean Math

Lecture #1

1 Architecture

Assembler (handout)

 

M

Jan 15

Holiday!

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HW #2

Solution #2 (pdf)

Solution #2 (YouTube)

W

Jan 17

PIC Assembler

Lecture #2

2 Assembler

Assembler Code (handout)

1234.asm

Add Subtract.asm

F

Jan 19

MPLAB8 & Flow Charts

Lecture #3

3 MPLAB8

CountRB0.asm

Random.asm

BootLoader.zip

M

Jan 22

Binary Inputs & Counters

Lecture #4

4 Binary Inputs

Up.asm

UpDown.asm

HungryHungryHippo.asm

HW #3

Solution #3 (pdf)

Solution #3 (YouTube)

W

Jan 24

Binary Outputs & Timing

Lecture #5

5 Binary Outputs

Piano Staircase (FT)

Timing (handout)

Piano0.asm

Piano1.asm

Piano4.asm

F

Jan 26

Binary Outputs: LEDs

Lecture #6

6 LEDs

Flashlight.asm

FlashlightPWM.asm

M

Jan 29

AdaFruit: NeoPixels

Lecture #7

7 NeoPixels

RGB.asm

Rainbow.asm

ColorWheel.asm

Test #1

Test #1 Solution (pdf)

Test #1 (YouTube)

W

Jan 31

Review

-

Review for Test 1

 

F

Feb 2

Test #1:

Assembler & Digital I/O

 

MPLAB C-Compilers

M

Feb 5

C Programming with Mplab8

Lecture #8

C Programming with MplabX

8 C Prog in MPLAB8

C Prog in MPLABX

1234.c

Count.C

Shift.C

HW #4

Solution #4 (pdf)

Solution #4 (YouTube)

W

Feb 7

C & LCD Displays

Lecture #9

9 LCD Displays

LCD_Demo1.C

LCD Clock.C

LCD_PortD.C

F

Feb 9

Keypads in C

Lecture #10

10 Keypads

Keypad.C

Alarm Clock.c

RPN.C

LCD_PortD.C

M

Feb 12

Stepper Motors in C

Lecture #11

11 Stepper Motors

Motor Animations

Stepper1.C

Stepper2.C

Stepper3.C

HW #5

Solution #5 (pdf)

Solution #5 (YouTube)

W

Feb 14

NeoPixels and In-Line Assembly

Lecture #12

12 NeoPixels

NeoPixel0

NeoPixel1

NeoPixel2

F

Feb 16

A/D Converters

Lecture #13

13 A/D

Trombone.C

NeoPixel Flashlight.c

Ohm Meter.c

M

Feb 19

Holiday!

-

 

 

HW #6

Solution #6 (pdf)

Solution #6 (YouTube)

W

Feb 21

Data Collection & Calibration

Lecutre #14

14 Data Collection

d6

Data Logger

F

Feb 23

Statistics: Chi-Squared Test

Lecture #15

15 Chi Squared

StatTrek

Handout 15

Chi-Squared Table

Loaded Die

M

Feb 26

Chi-Squared Examples

Lecture 15b

15b Chi Squared Examples

 

HW #7

Solution #7 (pdf)

Solution #7 (YouTube)

W

Feb 28

Student t-Test with One Population

Lecture #16

 

16 Student t Test

Handout 16

Normal Distribution Table

Student t Table

F

Mar 1

Student t-Test with Two Populations

Lecture #16b

16b: t-Test with Two Populations

Handout 16b

M

Mar 4

Holiday!

-

 

 

W

Mar 6

Holiday!

-

 

 

F

Mar 8

Holiday!

-

 

 

M

Mar 11

D/A Converters

Lecture #17

17 D/A

D2A.c

Test #2

Test #2 Solution (pdf)

Test #2 (YouTube)

W

Mar 13

Review

-

 

 

F

Mar 15

Test #2:

C Programming & Statistics

 

 

M

Mar 18

Timer 2 Interrupts

Lecture #18

18 Timer 2

Reflex Timer

Interrupts

Timer2

LCD_PortD.C

Term Project

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HW #8

Solution #8 (pdf)

Solution #8 (YouTube)

W

Mar 20

Timer 2 Examples

Lecture #19

19 Timer2 Examples

Deepest Trashcan (FT)

 

T2 Clock

T2 Stopwatch

T2 Piano

T2 Stepper

T2 PWM

F

Mar 22

INT Interrupts

Lecture #22

22 INT

Bottle Bank (FT)

Voting Machine

Pulse Width

Optical Encoder

M

Mar 25

Timer 0 Interrupts

Lecture #20

20 Timer 0

Roulette Wheel

Bass and Melody

Reaction Game

T0 Ext

T0 Time.c

T0 Freq.c

LCD_PortD.C

HW #9

W

Mar 27

Timer 0123 Interrupts

Lecture #21

21 Timer 0123

Quad.C Demo

Scooby Doo

Quad Copter Motor

Chord.C : Quad.C

Freq.C : Tach.C:

PWM.C : LCD_PORTD.C

F

Mar 29

Holiday!

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M

Apr 1

Holiday!

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HW #10

W

Apr 3

Timer 1 Capture

Lecture #23

23 Capture

Theremin

Capture1.C

Capture2.C

Range.C

LCD_PortD.C

F

Apr 5

Timer 1 Compare

Lecture #24

24 Compare

Carol of the Bells

Compare1.C

Compare2.C

PWM.C

M

Apr 8

SCI and GPS

Lecture #25

25 SCI and GPS

Monitor

HW #11

W

Apr 10

Filters in the s-Plane

Lecture #26

26 s Filters

 

F

Apr 12

z-Transform

Lecture #27

27 z-Transform

 

M

Apr 15*

Filters in the z-Plane

Lecture #28

28 z Filters

 

HW #12

W

Apr 17*

FIR Filters

Lecture #29

29 FIR Filters

 

F

Apr 19*

Aliasing - Networks

Lecture #30

 

Network1.c

Network2.c

M

Apr 22*

Placing a PIC in stand-alone mode

Low-Power Operation

 

 

 

W

Apr 24

Review

-

 

 

F

Apr 26

Test #3

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M

Apr 29

Term Project Demos

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W

May 1

Term Project Demos

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F

May 3

Review

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