Project 5:
Grading Policy and What to Include in Your Report
 

Weight distribution:

    10% Prelab
    25% Hardware circuits and demo
    30% Required technical items in memo
    25% Memo itself 
     10% Instructor discretion
    5% Neatness bonus

Prelab:
Come to the lab with the circuit design completed on paper. The instructor will sign-off on the prelab: 10%.

Hardware and Demo:
Demonstration of your hardware circuits during your group meeting:  25%.

Memo:
Your report should consist of the following:

• A front page in the Banana Electronics memo format;
• The printout of multiplier design  (attached as Figure 1) 10%;
• A timing diagram with at least 12 different input patterns (Figure 2) . This simulation will show the correct behavior of your design. 10%;
• The total gate count for the design, and estimates for number of gates needed for an 8x8 and a 16x16 array multiplier (Table 1). Specify the number and types of gates used in the design.  Also indicate the maximum number of levels of gates a signal has to pass through in the design, and the estimated multiplication time. Identify  this critical path on your design. (Figure 3) 10%.

The text of your memo should include

• Introductory Paragraph:  state the task and constraints  5%;
• Design  Paragraph:  in one single paragraph, clearly explain the design. Identify  the  terms that are added in each column, and  present Figure 1.  5%;
• Analysis Paragraph:  identify the number and types of gates used in the design, and the longest path of signal propagation.  Estimate the number of gates needed for 8x8 and 16x16 multiplier designs 5%;
• Results Paragraph:  present Figure 2 and discuss how you verified your circuit.. 5%;
• Conclusions Paragraph:  give a conclusion, stating whether you were successful in completing the task in both simulation and hardware.   5%;

Instructor discretion: 10%.