Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology · Courses
ECE
35 courses with the subject ECE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ECE 101DIGITAL ELECTRONICS3
This course introduces the elements and tools of digital design. The course covers Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, Logic gates and digital circuits, analysis and design of combinational and sequential circuits, and timing issues. Adders, decoders, multiplexers, flip-flops, counters, and registers are implemented using TTL or CMOS ICs as well as VHDL-programmed FPGAs. Co-requisites: ECE101L.
Illustrates the concepts of ECE101. Exercises in various forms of Combinational and Sequential Logic design. Use of test equipment. Design projects will include a digital security system, use of PSPICE to verify feasibility of some designs. FPGA board citing Xilinx, software development tools from Xilinx and other third parties are introduced. Co-requisites: ECE101L.
Basic elements and analysis techniques of DC circuits. Coverage includes resistors, capacitors, inductors, and sensors ; independent and dependent sources. Ohm’s law, power, energy, and power transfer. Kirchoff’s voltage and current laws; Nodal and Loop analyses; Thevenin and Norton equivalents; step and transient responses of first-order systems; time constants. Emphasis on functional circuits. Co-requisites: ECE105L, MA240.
Illustrates the concepts of ECE 205. Simulations with PSPICE, LABVIEW, Mathematica; construction and design. First order, second order transients, ideal and non-ideal transformer circuits, sinusoidal steady state circuits, three-phase simulations. Offered yearly. Prerequisite EE105 OR ECE105 With a minimum C grade or higher.
The Solid State Devices & Circuits Lab is designed to supplement the Solid State Devices & Circuits course. Students will gain both exposure to circuits using operational amplifiers, diodes, and BJTs, and also perform design exercises using operational amplifiers and diodes. Lab concludes with a lengthier design, simulation, building, and testing of a multi-stage BJT amplifier with overall simultaneous gains of + / - 40. Prerequisite: ECE205 with a minimum grade of C. Co-requisite: ECE206.
ECE 225LINEAR SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS3
Introduction to linear differential equations, linear algebra, signals and systems, time domain analysis of continuous and discrete linear systems, Laplace transform, Bode Plots, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, and filtering. Prerequisites: MA250 and ECE205 with a minimum grade of C; Co-requisite: ECE225L.
ECE 225LLINEAR SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS LAB1
The lab is designed to supplement the course. Mathematica® used to solve problems, demonstrate concepts. Labview® and hardware implementation of linear systems.
Lab exercises parallel lecture material. Applications of FETs. FET amplifiers. Current sources and. Differential amplifiers. Frequency compensation techniques using simulations. Co-requisites: ECE 306 128 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MA250 and ECE 206 with a minimum grade of C; ECE 307 desirable but not required. Co- ECE L308
ECE 308LPOWER ELECTRONICS LAB1
Lab will focus primarily on gaining hands on experience with the concepts taught in ECE 308 Lecture. Will include exposure to Power Electronics devices (but at a modest Power level) – Mosfets, BJTs, SCRs, Triacs, IGBTs, and testing of Power Converter Modules. Design and Construction of a Buck and Boost Converter will be required. Prerequisites: MA250 and ECE 206 with a minimum grade of C; ECE 307 desirable but not required. Co-requisite: ECE 308.
This course will introduce the fundamentals of embedded micro controllers for system level applications: fundamental elements - sensors or transducers, microcontrollers, and the interfacing to external components. Procedural methods for design of the complete embedded system are developed. Programming using assembly, and C languages is utilized. Prerequisites: ECE101 OR EE131 with a minimum grade of C, CT146 OR CT148 with a minimum grade of C. Co-requisites: ECE311L.
The Embedded Systems Lab is designed to supplement the Embedded Systems course. Prerequisites: ECE311, Either ECE 101 OR EE131 with a minimum grade C or higher.
This calculus-based course provides students with solid foundations in descriptive and inferential statistical methods, and the role probability plays in applying them. Some topics include graphical summaries of data, measures of central tendency, variability, and relative position; random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions; conditional and marginal probability distributions; simulation methods; estimation and hypothesis testing, including analysis of variance and regression. Examples focus on common applications and scenarios in electrical engineering. Prerequisite: MA250. 2026-2027 COURSE CATALOG 129
Introduction to feedback control systems; control system characteristics (stability, sensitivity, disturbance rejection, steady-state accuracy, transient response); stability analysis; root-locus analysis and design; frequency- response analysis and design; analysis and design of digital control systems. Prerequisite: ECE225 with a minimum grade of C. Co-requisite: ECE335L.
This course is an extension of ECE 206. Advantages of feedback. Reduction of four fundamental feedback configurations to simplistic format. Loop gain and stability issues. Gain and phase margin. Frequency compensation techniques. Class A, B, and AB amplifier output stages. Power BJT applications and thermal issues. Voltage mode op amp design - small signal, gain, and frequency analysis. Current mode op amp design. A/D and D/A converters. Design of active filters, LCR resonator circuits. BiQuad filters. SAB filters. Switched capacitor filters. Tuned amplifiers and transformers. Oscillator design - Wien Bridge, phase shift, quadrature, Colpitts, Hartley, crystal, and multivibrators. Prerequisites: ECE206 with a C or higher is required and Electronic Devices I 130 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Illustrates the concepts of E406. Dependent sources. PSPICE confirmation of feedback circuits. Output gain stages and cross-over distortion. Oscillator design. Final project includes design, simulation, and construction (using discrete parts) of either a voltage mode or current mode op amp with an objective of maximum bandwidth with unity gain stability. Co-requisite: ECE406
Coverage of a variety of basic communication systems, their theory of operation, and the analysis of their performance. Review of linear systems, Fourier and Laplace Transforms, and Frequency Domain analysis as needed. Graphical convolution of analog signals. Digital Baseband modulation techniques. Receiver design with an introduction to Stochastics. Digital Bandpass modulation and demodulation techniques. Analog communication systems including AM, FM, and PM approaches. Consideration of Noise and the resultant system performance. Multiplexing and information compression. Prerequisites: MA260, ECE206, and ECE225 with a minimum grade of C; Co-requisites: ECE410L.
Illustrates the concepts of ECE410. Exercises will focus both on communication system components and in the construction of a complete communication system. Introduction to FSK, DTMF, Phase lock loops, AM and FM modulation, oscillators, A/D and D/A conversion and the Nyquist rate. Wireless transmissions. Troubleshooting of non-working systems. Students have flexibility in the design and construction a full communication system which includes digitization, rearrangement in parallel and serial formats, transmission over a distance, and reconstruction back to its original analog form. Co-requisite: ECE410.
Discrete signals and systems, digital simulation of analog systems, Z transforms, recursion equations, finite-order systems, Fourier transforms, line spectra and Fourier series, discrete Fourier series and Fast Fourier Transforms (FTT), sampling and interpolation, mean-square approximations, non-recursive and recursive filters, selected topics on algorithms, design and applications of digital signal processing. There will be an end-of-semester design project that will involve students’ creativity, design of open ended projects, formulation of alternative solutions, detailed system description, realistic constraints (economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics ethics, and social impact).
ECE101 OR EE 131, ECE225 with a C or higher is required. Co-requisite: ECE430L. .
ECE 430LDIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING LAB1
Illustrates the concepts of ECE430. This laboratory course uses MATLAB, Simulink, and the Texas Instruments 6713 DPS board to design, test and implement various projects. The students will also learn how to use FPGA boards to design and implement various DSP systems. There will be a design project at the end of the course designed to synthesize what the students have learned. Co-requisite: ECE430.
