ECE 376 Syllabus

BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 376: Embedded Systems

Syllabus: Fall 2026

Updated 08/21/2026

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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 2pm Offerdahl North 101

Classes live streamed on Zoom

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Date	Lecture	Videos YouTube PlayList	Sample Code	Homework
M Aug 24	Holiday 1947^th Anniversary of Mt. Vesuvius	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 26	Syllabus Slide #0	0 Syllabus	FTDI Driver FTDI Driver (exe)
F Aug 28	Architecture and Boolean Math Lecture #1	1 Architecture	Assembler (handout)
M Aug 30	PIC Assembler Lecture #2	2 Assembler	Assembler Code (handout) 1234.asm Add Subtract.asm	HW #2
W Sept 2	MPLAB8 & Flow Charts Lecture #3	3 MPLAB8	CountRB0.asm Random.asm BootLoader.zip
F Sept 4	Binary Inputs & Counters Lecture #4	4 Binary Inputs	4: Binary Inputs Up.asm UpDown.asm HungryHungryHippo.asm
M Sept 7	Holiday! Labor Day			HW #3
W Sept 9	Binary Outputs & Timing Lecture #5	5 Binary Outputs Piano Staircase (FT)	Timing (handout) Piano0.asm Piano1.asm Piano4.asm
F Sept 11	Binary Outputs: LEDs Lecture #6	6 LEDs	Flashlight.asm FlashlightPWM.asm
M Sept 14	AdaFruit: NeoPixels Lecture #7	7 NeoPixels	RGB.asm Rainbow.asm ColorWheel.asm	Test #1 Available on BlackBoard Friday, Sept 18^th 6am - midnight
W Sept 16	Review -	Review for Test 1
F Sept 18	Test #1: Assembler & Digital I/O		MPLAB C-Compilers
M Sept 21	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 Sept 23	Holiday! Career Fair
F Sept 25	C & LCD Displays Lecture #9	9 LCD Displays	LCD_Demo1.C LCD Clock.c LCD_PortD.c Roulette.c
M Sept 28	Keypads in C Lecture #10	10 Keypads	Keypad.c Alarm Clock.c RPN.c LCD_PortD.c	HW #5
W Sept 30	Stepper Motors in C Lecture #11	11 Stepper Motors Motor Animations	Stepper1.c Stepper2.c Stepper3.c
F Oct 2	NeoPixels and In-Line Assembly Lecture #12	12 NeoPixels	NeoPixel0.c NeoPixel1.c NeoPixel2.c
M Oct 5	A/D Converters Lecture #13	13 A/D	Trombone.c NeoPixel Flashlight.c Ohm Meter.c	HW #6
W Oct 7	Statistics: Chi-Squared Test Lecture #15	15 Chi Squared StatTrek	Handout 15 Chi-Squared Table Loaded Die.c
F Oct 9	Chi-Squared Examples Lecture 15b	15b Chi Squared Examples
M Oct 12	Data Collection & Calibration Lecutre #14	14 Data Collection	Dice.c Data Logger.c	HW #7
W Oct 14	Student t-Test with One Population Lecture #16	16 Student t Test	Handout 16 Normal Distribution Table Student t Table
F Oct 16	Student t-Test with Two Populations Lecture #16b	16b: t-Test with Two Populations	Handout 16b
M Oct 19	D/A Converters Lecture #17	17 D/A	D2A.c	Test #2 Available on BlackBoard Friday, Oct 23rd 6am – midnight
W Oct 21
F Oct 23	Test #2: C Programming & Statistics
M Oct 26	Timer 2 Interrupts Lecture #18	18 Timer 2 Reflex Timer	Interrupts Timer2.c	HW #8 * Term Project Due December 11th
W Oct 28	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 30	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 2	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
W Nov 4	INT Interrupts Lecture #22	22 INT Bottle Bank (FT)	Voting Machine.c Pulse Width.c Optical Encoder.c
F Nov 6	SCI and GPS Lecture #25	25 SCI and GPS	Monitor.c
M Nov 9	Timer 1 Capture Lecture #23	23 Capture Theremin	Capture1.c Capture2.c Range.c	HW #10
W Nov 11	Holiday! Veterans Day
F Nov 13	Timer 1 Compare Lecture #24	24 Compare	Compare1.c Compare2.c
M Nov 16	Filters in the s-Plane Lecture #26	26 s Filters		HW #11
W Nov 18	z-Transform Lecture #27	27 z-Transform
F Nov 20	Filters in the z-Plane Lecture #28	28 z Filters
M Nov 23	FIR Filters Lecture #29	29 FIR Filters
W Nov 25	Holiday! Thanksgiving
F Nov 27	Holiday! Thanksgiving
M Nov 30	Aliasing - Networks Lecture #30		Network1.c Network2.c	Test #3 Available on BlackBoard Friday, Dec 4th 6am – midnight
W Dec 2	Test #3 Review -	Test #3 Review
F Dec 4	Test #3 -
M Dec 7	Term Project Demos -
W Dec 9	Term Project Demos -
F Dec 11	Review -
	Final Exam (optional) *			Final Exam (optional) Available on BlackBoard * 6am - midnight
	Placing a PIC in stand-alone mode Low-Power Operation