CSE 171 - DIGITAL LOGIC AND MICROPROCESSORS
Fall 2005 R. E. Haskell
LAB POLICIES - OU
INTRODUCTION
The CSE 171 laboratory sequence has been designed to reinforce your knowledge of digital logic and microprocessor concepts. Hardware and software products have been incorporated into this sequence to permit you to gain maximum benefit from the experiments with minimum effort. Completion of this laboratory sequence will be a rewarding experience.
LAB INSTRUCTORS
Wayne M. Morrell,e-mail: , office: 246 DHE
Elizabeth Lempicki,e-mail: , office: 144 DHE
Nicholas Killewald,e-mail: , office: 144 DHE
SAFETY
At least two people must be in the lab at all times when laboratory work is in progress.
No food or drink is permitted in the lab at any time.
Notify your Lab Instructor immediately of any emergency situation.
In case of fire, leave the room by the front exit and leave the building by the east exit.
Do not touch components on breadboards until they have completely cooled down.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Materials:Each individual must have a flash memory stick of at least 64 MB capacity.
Groups:In the first lab period students will be assigned by the lab instructor to groups of three or four students with two computers per group. Groups will be changed every four labs.
Assignments:Instructions for each experiment will be provided on the class website.
Pre-Lab:Somelab assignments will include pre-lab homework. Please complete this homework prior to each lab period so that each experiment can be completed in its allotted time. Groups must do their own work on these assignments and must submit a computer printed copy at the start of the lab.
Lab:A peer presentationwill be given at the beginning of each lab followed by a brief presentation that will cover and clarify information essential to the satisfactory completion of the experiment. Those arriving late must wait until presentations are finished, so plan to arrive prior to your scheduled lab time. During each lab session the groups will perform an experiment that has been previously posted on the class website. Before the group leaves the lab the instructor must initial the results of the experiment.
Equipment Failure:Report equipment failure to your Lab Instructor at once.
Printer Problems:Report all printer problems to your lab instructor. Do not attempt to load paper, fix paper jams or correct any other printer problems. Your lab instructor is trained to perform these tasks.
Other Problems:Do not hesitate to ask your Lab Instructor for any help you need to satisfactorily complete your lab assignments. Your lab instructor, on a time available basis, will help you identify problems with your lab or provide background theory as required to help you solve your lab problems, but the solution of lab problems and completion of the experiment is your responsibility.
Post-Lab:Please erase your program from the Xilinx CPLD and remove any files or folders you put on the computer hard drive. Log out, but leave the computer power on and leave power applied to the printed circuit board. Return all unused wires, components, etc., tidy your area and push lab stools under the table before leaving the lab.
Questions:Each lab assignment will pose four questions that must be answered by the following lab period. The answers to the questions may be found in the lab, in lecture, in the book, or on the web. Each person in the group will provide a written answer to a different question using the question form found on the class website. This answer and the author's name must be typed on the form provided and printed out. The group will meet to discuss all the answers and each person in the group will sign each answer page indicating that he or she understands the answer. These four answers will be turned in at the beginning of next lab period.
Presentation:Each week, one group, instead of providing one-page written answers to the questions, will provide the answers in the form of a PowerPoint presentation that will be given at the beginning of the lab period (maximum of 2-3 slides per answer, in addition to a title page giving the question and the name of the student). The group giving the PowerPoint presentation will rotate among all groups throughout the term.
Peer Review:At the end of the semester each student will submit a peer rating form in which a rating will be given for each of the student's partners. Each student's final lab grade will be marginally adjusted by these ratings.
Cheating:Groups must do their own work. Use of programs, answers, or other material prepared by other groups is plagiarism. Use of material from outside sources without citing those sources is also plagiarism. Plagiarism will be prosecuted.