ECE 211 Syllabus

BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 211: Circuits I

Syllabus: Summer 2026

Updated 08/09/26

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Instructor: Jacob Glower:

Contact: jacob.glower@ndsu.edu

Class Times: On-Line

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Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Lab Kit - Resources - Comments

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Date	Topic	Videos YouTube PlayList	Homework Labs part of homework
Week #1 May 18-22	Syllabus Slides #0 Syllabus	0: Syllabus *	HW #1 Solution #1 (pdf) Solution #1 (YouTube)
	CircuitLab and Matlab Slides #0	0: CircuitLab * Installing Matlab
	ECE 211 Lab Kit Lab Kit Description	0: Lab Kit
	Terminology & Definitions Slides #1	1: Definitions V &I (electroboom) Wahingtons Dream (SNL)
Week #2 May 25-29	Kirchoffs Laws Slides #2	2: Kirchoff V=IR (EB)	HW #2 Solution #2 (pdf) Solution #2 (YouTube)
	Resistors in Series and Parallel Slides #3	3: Resistors Series & Parallel (EB)
	Voltage and Current Division Slides #4	4: V & I Division
Week #3 June 1-6	Voltage Nodes Slides #5	5: Voltage Nodes	HW #3 Solution #3 (pdf) Solution #3 (YouTube)
	Super-Nodes Slides #6	6: SuperNodes
	Current Loops Slides #7	7: Current Loops KCL (EB)
	Super Loops Slides #8	8: SuperLoops
Week #4 June 8-12	Review *		Test #1 Test #1 Solution (pdf) Test #1 (YouTube)
	Test #1 Friday, June 12th
Week #5 June 15-19	Thevenin and Norton Equivalents Slides #10	10: Thevenin & Norton	HW #4 Solution #4 (pdf) Solution #4 (YouTube)
	Thevenin & Max Power Slides #11	11: Max Power
	Superposition Slides #12	12: Superposition
	Operational Amplifier Slides #13	13: Op-Amps
Week #6 June 22-26	Ideal Op-Amp Slides #14	14: Ideal Op-Amp	HW #5 Solution #5 (pdf) Solution #5 (YouTube)
	Amplifiers & Mixers Slides #15	15: Amplifiers & Mixers
	Instrumentation Amplifiers Slides #16	16: Instrumentation Amplifiers
	Comparitors & Schmitt Triggers Slides #18	18: Comp & Schmitt Triggers
Week #7 June 29 – July 3	Capacitors Slides #19	19: Capacitors Leyden Jar (EB)	HW #6 Solution #6 (pdf) Solution #6 (YouTube)
	Inductors Slides #20	20: Inductors Magnetism (EB)
	Complex Numbers Slides #22	22: Complex Numbers HP42
	Phasors Slides #23	23: Phasors O-Scope (EB)
Week #8 July 6-10	Review *	DC Motor (EB)	Test #1b Test #1b Solution (pdf) Test #1b (YouTube) * Test #2 Test #2 Solution (pdf) Test #2 (YouTube)
	Test #2 Thursday – Friday - Saturday
Week #9 July 13-17	Mutual Inductance Slides #24	24: Mutual Inductance	HW #7 Solution #7 (pdf) Solution #7 (YouTube)
	Phasors & Voltage Nodes Slides #25	25: Phasors & KVN
	Phasors & Current Loops Slides #26	26: Phasors & KCL
	Thevenin & Max Power Slides #27	27: Phasors & Max Power
Week #10 July 20-24	Phasors & Op-Amps Slides #28	28: Phasors & Op-Amps	HW #8 Solution #8 (pdf) Solution #8 (YouTube)
	Active Filters Slides #29	29: Active Filters
	Analog Computers Slides #30	30: Analog Computers
	Superpositon Slides #31	31: Superposition
Week #11 July 27-32	The p Operator Slides #34	34: The p Operator	HW #9 Solution #9 (pdf) Solution #9 (YouTube)
	Natural Response of RC Circuits Slides #35	35: RC Circuits
	Natural Response of RL Circuits Slides #36	36: RL Circuits
Week #12 Aug 3-7	Review *		Test #3 Test #3 Solution (pdf) Test #3 (YouTube)
	Test #3 Available Wednesday - Saturday
	End of Summer Semester
	Extra topics
	Fourier Transform Slides #32	32: Fourier Transforms