BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 376: Embedded Systems

Syllabus: Fall 2025

Updated 07/07/2025

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

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Instructor: Jacob Glower:

Contact: jacob.glower@ndsu.edu

Class Times: MWF 1pm ECE 123 (Offerdahl West)

Classes live streamed on Zoom

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	Date	Lecture	Videos YouTube PlayList	Sample Code	Homework
M	Aug 25	Holiday! -	Photo of PCB Soldering (Digikey) - Soldering PCB Instructions Testing your PCB Installing Software	LCD_Demo (rename to LCD_Demo.hex) PIC_Flash_Tool (exe) PIC_Flash_Tool (zip)	HW #1
W	Aug 27	Syllabus Slide #0	0 Syllabus	FTDI Driver FTDI Driver (exe)
F	Aug 29	Architecture and Boolean Math Lecture #1	1 Architecture	Assembler (handout)
M	Sep 1	Holiday! -			HW #2
W	Sep 3	PIC Assembler Lecture #2	2 Assembler	Assembler Code (handout) 1234.asm Add Subtract.asm
F	Sep 5	MPLAB8 & Flow Charts Lecture #3	3 MPLAB8	CountRB0.asm Random.asm BootLoader.zip
M	Sep 8	Binary Inputs & Counters Lecture #4	4 Binary Inputs	Up.asm UpDown.asm HungryHungryHippo.asm	HW #3
W	Sep 10	Binary Outputs & Timing Lecture #5	5 Binary Outputs Piano Staircase (FT)	Timing (handout) Piano0.asm Piano1.asm Piano4.asm
F	Sep 12	Binary Outputs: LEDs Lecture #6	6 LEDs	Flashlight.asm FlashlightPWM.asm
M	Sep 15	AdaFruit: NeoPixels Lecture #7	7 NeoPixels	RGB.asm Rainbow.asm ColorWheel.asm	Test #1
W	Sep 17	Review -	Review for Test 1
F	Sep 19	Test #1: Assembler & Digital I/O		MPLAB C-Compilers
M	Sep 22	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
W	Sep 24	C & LCD Displays Lecture #9	9 LCD Displays	LCD_Demo1.C LCD Clock.c LCD_PortD.c
F	Sep 26	Keypads in C Lecture #10	10 Keypads	Keypad.c Alarm Clock.c RPN.c LCD_PortD.c
M	Sep 29	Stepper Motors in C Lecture #11	11 Stepper Motors Motor Animations	Stepper1.c Stepper2.c Stepper3.c	HW #5
W	Oct 1	NeoPixels and In-Line Assembly Lecture #12	12 NeoPixels	NeoPixel0.c NeoPixel1.c NeoPixel2.c
F	Oct 3	A/D Converters Lecture #13	13 A/D	Trombone.c NeoPixel Flashlight.c Ohm Meter.c
M	Oct 6	Data Collection & Calibration Lecutre #14	14 Data Collection	Dice.c Data Logger.c	HW #6
W	Oct 8	Statistics: Chi-Squared Test Lecture #15	15 Chi Squared StatTrek	Handout 15 Chi-Squared Table Loaded Die.c
F	Oct 10	Chi-Squared Examples Lecture 15b	15b Chi Squared Examples
M	Oct 13	Student t-Test with One Population Lecture #16	16 Student t Test	Handout 16 Normal Distribution Table Student t Table	HW #7
W	Oct 15	Student t-Test with Two Populations Lecture #16b	16b: t-Test with Two Populations	Handout 16b
F	Oct 17	D/A Converters Lecture #17	17 D/A	D2A.c
M	Oct 20	-			Test #2
W	Oct 22	Review -
F	Oct 24	Test #2: C Programming & Statistics
M	Oct 27	Timer 2 Interrupts Lecture #18	18 Timer 2 Reflex Timer	Interrupts Timer2.c	HW #8
W	Oct 29	Timer 2 Examples Lecture #19	19 Timer2 Examples Deepest Trashcan (FT)	T2 Clock.c T2 Stopwatch.c T2 Piano.c T2 Stepper.c T2 PWM.c
F	Oct 31	Timer 0 Interrupts Lecture #20	20 Timer 0 Roulette Wheel Bass and Melody Reaction Game	T0 Ext.c T0 Time.c T0 Freq.c
M	Nov 3	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	HW #9 - Term Project
W	Nov 5	INT Interrupts Lecture #22	22 INT Bottle Bank (FT)	Voting Machine.c Pulse Width.c Optical Encoder.c
F	Nov 7	Timer 1 Capture Lecture #23	23 Capture Theremin	Capture1.c Capture2.c Range.c
M	Nov 10	Timer 1 Compare Lecture #24	24 Compare	Compare1.c Compare2.c	HW #10
W	Nov 12	SCI and GPS Lecture #25	25 SCI and GPS	Monitor.c
F	Nov 14	Filters in the s-Plane Lecture #26	26 s Filters
M	Nov 17	z-Transform Lecture #27	27 z-Transform		HW #11
W	Nov 19	Filters in the z-Plane Lecture #28	28 z Filters
F	Nov 21	FIR Filters Lecture #29	29 FIR Filters
M	Nov 24	Aliasing - Networks Lecture #30		Network1.c Network2.c	Work on term project
W	Nov 26	Holiday! -
F	Nov 28	Holiday! -
M	Dec 1	Placing a PIC in stand-alone mode Low-Power Operation			Test #3
W	Dec 3	Review -
F	Dec 5	Test #3 -
M	Dec 8	Term Project Demos -			HW #1
W	Dec 10	Term Project Demos -
F	Dec 12	Review -
		Final Exam			HW #1