ECE 320 Syllabus

BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 320: Electronics I

Digital & Analog Electronics : Summer 2026

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Instructor: Jacob Glower:

Contact: jacob.glower@ndsu.edu

Class Times: On-Line

Updated 08/09/2026

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Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Best of 320 - Resources - Comments

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Date	Lecture	Videos YouTube PlayList	Handouts	Homework Labs part of HW
Week #1 May 18 – 22	Intro to ECE 320 Slides #0	0 Syllabus FNRSI Multimeter	Install Matlab	HW #1 Solution #1 (pdf) Solution #1 (YouTube)
	Circuits I Review Slides #1	1 Circuits I Review	1 KCL KVN
	Complex Numbers and Phasors Slides #2	2. Complex Numbers AC vs. DC (EB)	2 Phasors
	555 Timers Slides #25	25 555 Timers
Week #2 May 25 - 29	Matlab & CircuitLab Slides #3	3 Matlab & CircuitLab		HW #2 Solution #2 (pdf) Solution #2 (YouTube)
	Semiconductors Slides #4	4 Semiconductors	4 Thermistor
	The pn Junction Slides #5	5 The pn Junction Diodes (EB)	5 Diode Ckt
	Idea Diodes Slides #6	6 Ideal Diodes	6 Diode Ckt
Week #3 June 1-5	Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Slides #7	7 LEDs Color Wheel 1000W LED	7 LEDs	HW #3 Solution #3 (pdf) Solution #3 (YouTube)
	AC to DC Converters Slides #8	8 AC to DC Full Bridge Rectifier (EB)	8 AC to DC
	Min, Max Circuits Slides #9	9 Max Min	9 Max/Min
	Clipper Circuits Slides #10	10 Clipper	10 Clipper
Week #4 June 8-12	Review Homework sets 4-6			Test #1 Test #1 Solution (pdf) Test #1 (YouTube)
	Test #1 Homework #1-3
Week #5 June 15-19	Transistor Theory Slides #11	11 Transistor Theory Strobe Light (EB)	11 BJT Transistor	HW #4 Solution #4 (pdf) Solution #4 (YouTube)
	Using a Transistor as a Switch Slides #12	12 Transistor Switch Coil Gun (EB) Fun with Transistors (HackMakeMod)	12 NPN Switch
	Comparitors, Schmitt Triggers Slides #14	14 Schmitt Triggers Turning on and off a DC motor	14 Schmitt
	H-Bridges Slides #13	13 H-bridges	13 H Bridge
Week #6 June 22-26	DC to DC Converters Slides #15	15 DC to DC iPhone Charger (EB)	15 DC to DC	HW #5 Solution #5 (pdf) Solution #5 (YouTube)
	Fourier Transforms Slides #16	16 Fourier Transform	16 Fourier
	DC to AC Converters Slides #17	17 DC to AC Converters AC Motor (EB) Motor Animations Teslas Motor
	Semiconductor Relay Slides #18	18 SCR IGBT Demo	18 SCR
Week #7 June 29 to July 3	Boolean Logic Slides #19	19 Boolean Logic Y = AB+C	19 Logic	HW #6 Solution #6 (pdf) Solution #6 (YouTube)
	DTL Logic Slides #20	20 DTL Logic	20 DTL
	TTL Logic Slides #21	21 TTL Logic
	MOSFET Theory Slides #22	22 MOSFET Theory	22 MOSFETs
Week #8 July 6-10	Review Homework sets 4-6			Test #2 Test #2 Solution (pdf) Test #2 (YouTube)
	Test #2 Homework #4-6
Week #9 July 13-17	MOSFET Used as a Switch Slides #23	23 MOSFET Switch MOSFET (EB)	23 Switch	HW #7 Solution #7 (pdf) Solution #7 (YouTube)
	CMOS Logic Slides #24	24 CMOS Logic	24 CMOS
	Op-Amps and Analog Circuits Slides #1	1: Op-Amps	Op-Amps
	Amplifiers and Mixers Slides #2	2: Amplifiers	Inst Amp
Week #10 July 20-24	Push-Pull Amplifiers Slides #3	3: Push-Pull Power Amp (electroboom)	Push-Pull Amp	HW #8 Solution #8 (pdf) Solution #8 (YouTube)
	Active Filters Slides #7	7. Active Filters	Active Filters
	Poles, Zeros, and Frequency Response Slides #8	8. Poles & Zeros Bass Boost	Poles & Zeros cost_chain.m cost_filter.m
	Transistor Amplifiers (DC) Slides #12	12: Transistor Amplifiers	CE_Amp(DC)
Week #11 July 27-31	2-Port Models Slides #13	13: 2-Ports	2-Ports	HW #9 Solution #9 (pdf) Solution #9 (YouTube)
	CE Amplifier (AC) Slides #14	14: CE Amplifiers	CE Amplifier
	CB/CC Amplifiers Slides #15	15: CB/CC Amplifiers	CC/CB Amplifier
	Multistage-Amplifiers Slides #16	16: Multi-Stage	MultStage
Week #12 Aug 3-7	Review Homework sets 4-6			Test #3 Test #3 Solution (pdf) Test #3 (YouTube)
	Test #3 Homework #4-6
End of ECE 320 Electronics I
Extra Material (not covered Summer semester)	Analog Computers Slides #11	11. Analog Computers	Analog Computer
	Temperature Sensors Slides #4	4. Temperature Sensors Peltier Cooling (electroboom)	Thermistors
	Audio & Strain Sensors Slides #5	5. Audio and Strain Sensors iPhone Amplifier
	Calibration & Noise Slides #6	6. Calibration and Noise	Calibration
	Butterworth, Chebychev, Elliptic Filters Slides #9	9. Butterworth Filters Subwoofer Crossover (Sp15)	Active LPF
	Filter Design Example Slides #10	10: Filter Design Example	Filter Design