Project 7:
Grading Policy and What to Include in Your Report
 

Weight distribution:

    10% Prelab
    25% Hardware circuits and demo
    30% Required technical items in memo
    20% Memo itself 
     10% Instructor discretion
    5% Neatness bonus

Prelab:
Complete prelab before coming to the lab. 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 design description (Figure 2 on Challenge webpage) and the circuit for the design (attached as Figure 1 and Figure 2) 10%;
• The contents of ROM in hexadecimal form (attached as Table 1) 10%;
• A timing waveform diagram for different input patterns (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. Present Figures 1 and 2 and Table 1.  5 %;
• Results Paragraph:  present Figure 3 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. Comment on advantages and disadvantages you see in  ROM based design  and whether you would use a different approach if you have to do the design again.   5%;

Instructor discretion: 10%.