ECE 354 - Computer System Lab II

Guidelines for Lab 1 Demonstration

The Lab 1 demonstration will be during Wednesday 2/20 lab sessions. I will allow you a few minutes to set up. Prior to checkoff each student is expected to have a one-page discussion of their specific contribution to the assignment. This will be used to test you on specific aspects of the assignment. Initially, checkoffs will be performed individually with each student asked a series of questions related to the assignment and its associated lecture. Following this Q+A period both partners will demonstrate the working system. Each student will receive a separate grade for the checkoff based on their knowledge of the assignment and their participation in its completion. I will ask for volunteers to go first, but otherwise I will rely on probablistic methods to determine the order. So be prepared, because you might be first.

I realize that some of you may not consider your project complete or done. Realize that no engineering project is ever really done, but at some point management decides to just pull the design out of your hands and take it to production. (This probably explains a lot of design flaws) So, keeping this in mind, be prepared to tell me what is not yet complete, which parts of your design you lack confidence in, etc.

Guidelines for Lab 1 Report

In addition to the demo I expect a complete final report for each two-person lab group. Specific sections in the report include:

Introduction: In your own words tell me what this lab accomplishes and what was learned. This one-page intro should summarize what is to follow in the remainder of the report. Please DO NOT simply clip portions of the lab description from the course web pages to fill the Introduction. A little thought and words that summarize the lab often brings the lab objectives into better focus.

Lab Summary: Briefly summarize the procedure that was followed in completing the lab. Which experiments did you try first? What would you have differently? What was the result that you found? This section should be 2 - 3 pages in length (without pictures).

Hardware schematics: I expect full schematics including details such as pin numbers, resistor values, and capacitor values included on the diagrams for all components used. Good documentation is extremely important for hardware projects.

Discussion of code: Please lead the reader through the various code segments you wrote. Give a brief summary in words of each module and subroutine. For most labs this section should be about one to two pages in length.

Documented code: Please include all assembly code you wrote for the lab. Each significant line of code should be commented.

Problems encountered/solutions: Please indicate problems you encountered completing the lab assignment and the specific approaches that you personally developed to solve it. Each student must submit a separate Problems encountered section in the overall lab report. This should include the discussion of each partners personal contribution to the project.

Reference List: Provide a full listing of any manuals or books that you used. Please include the year of publication, author (if listed), publisher, and full name of the publication.