BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

 

ECE 405: Senior Design III

Syllabus Spring 2024

 

Syllabus - Resources - Comments

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

 

Week

Mo

Activity (where you should be)

Resources

Homework

Milestones you should meet to get an A

1

 

Jan 8

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

2

 

Jan 15

Holiday

 

HW2: System Breadboard

Breadboard your entire system

Include photo in OneNote

3

 

Jan 22

1: Syllabus

Week #1 Slides

 

 

 

4

 

Jan 29

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

5

 

Feb 5

3: Fusion 360 PCB

Week #3 Slides

 

6

 

 

Feb 12

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 26th

One PCB and worksheet per student

7

 

 

Feb 19

Holiday

-       

 

8

 

 

Feb 26

Meet with your project sponsor

(no class)

 

HW4: PCB Layout

Design PCB

Order PCB

Base Grade = C

 

Mar 4

Spring Break

-

-       

 

9

 

Mar 11

Meet with your project sponsor

(no class)

 

HW6: PCB Test

Base Grade = B

10

 

 

Mar 18

Work on your project

(no class)

 

 

 

11

 

 

Mar 25

Meet with your project sponsor

(no class)

 

HW7: Packaging

Base Grade = A

12

 

 

Apr 1

Holiday

-

 

 

13

 

 

Apr 8

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

14

 

 

Apr 15

Meet with your project sponsor

(no class)

 

HW9: Poster & Video

Create Poster

Record 2-minute video

15

 

 

Apr 22

Work on your project

(no class)

 

 

Poster Information

-       Template

-       Example #1

-       Example #2

16

 

 

May 2

Attend Senior Design Expo

-       Thursday, May 2nd

-       Noon to 3pm

-       Memorial Union Main Ballroom

-       Poster

-       Working Device

 

Student Paper Contest

Tuesday – April 30th

6pm-8pm Grand Forks

-

3 groups from NDSU vs.

3 groups from UND

HW10: Sr Design Expo