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%
Neatness + Instructor discretion
Each of the figures in the memo has to include a caption which
includes the Figure number, e.g.,
"Figure 12: Photograph of Banana Electronic Employees,
Jan. 2007." You will not receive the points for the
figure if the caption is missing.
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 ALU design,
Adder/subtractor design and multiplier design (attached
as Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3) 10%;
- A timing diagram with at least 6 different
input patterns (2 multiplications, 2 additions, and 2
subtractions - at least one with overflow) (Figure 4) . This
simulation will show the correct behavior of your design. 10%;
- Indicate the maximum number of levels of
gates a signal has to pass through in the multiplier design,
and the estimated multiplication time assuming that each gate
takes 10ns to process the signal. Identify this critical path
on your design by highlighting the gates this signal passes
through. (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 for the
multiplier, and present Figure 1. 5%;
- Analysis Paragraph: identify the
longest path of signal propagation. 5%;
- Results Paragraph: present Figure 4
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: 5%.