| WEEK | TOPICS | CHAPTER, PROBLEMS |
| 1-3 | Review of Digital Background Knowledge, Digital Circuit Design, Familiarization of the Board, Primary Design CAD Tool Chain, Using the Board | Manuals, Devices, Datasheets |
| 4-5 | Introduction to VHDL, Implementation of some codes on the Board | chap10:#1_thru_18, 10.A,10.B,10.C,10.E,10.F,10.G,10.H,10.J |
| 6 | ********** EXAM # 1 ********** | Project 1 due |
| 7-9 | VHDL for Sequential Logic, Testing design codes on the Board | chap17:#1,2,4,5,7,9,11,15,19 |
| 10-11 | Circuit Hazards, One-Hot Assignment State Machine Design with SM charts, Testing design codes on the Board |
chap19:#1,2,3,10b,12,17 |
| 12 | ********** EXAM # 2 ********** | Project 2 due |
| 13-15 | VHDL for Digital System Design, Testing design codes on the Board, Special Topics | chap20:#1,2,3,5 Project 4 due (week 14) |
| 16 | ********** FINAL EXAM ********** | project 4 due |
Laboratory Report
Everyone must submit their own written Laboratory Report of each assign project. And they must adhere to the style guide practice at the college. Click the hypertext to see the various components of the report.
Grades Policy on Incomplete Work:
All works must be completed by the end of semester. In an exceptional case only will an incomplete will be issued, in such case we will follow the rules set forth in the current publication of the College Catalog on Incomplte Grades. Please click the hypertext for detail.
Grading
Course grade is based on the following distribution:
Attendance - 10% (exam day don't count) (total not to exceed 10%).
Exam #1 - 10%
Exam #2 - 10%
Final - 20%
Lab Projects - 50%
Missed Exam
Due to unforeseen situation one may fail to take an exam. Ordinarilly make-up is held some later time. We believe this practice is unfair to those who took the test on time. So we will institute a no make-up policy. In this case, the final exam score will be raised to include the weight assign to the exam. As a reminder, final exam is much more difficult, they are comprehensive and covers all the materials in the course.
Homeworks and Late Projects
Everyone is encouraged to do as many problems as possible from each chapters. Some of these will appear in the exam with minor changes. Points will be deducted on late project.