EECE 321L Syllabus, Spring 2012

EECE 321L- Introduction Computer Organization Laboratory Team  Instructors: Sara Khaddaj, Ali Marmar  Lab Engineer and Course Coordinator: Sara Khaddaj  Lab Manager: Khaled Joujou  Lab Technician: Salam Abyad Contact  Sara Khaddaj  Office hours: Will be posted on Moodle  E-mail: sk56@aub.edu.lb  Office: SRB F2, 202  Extension: 3567  Ali Marmar  Office hours: Will be posted on Moodle  E-mail: am83@aub.edu.lb  Office: SRB 303  Extension: 3562 Organization and logistics  Communication through Moodle  7 sections, each maximum 24 students  8-9 sessions (experiments) for each section, schedule will be posted on Moodle.  So, every week: 7 sessions for 1 experiment.  Groups of maximum two students will be formed. Course Objectives  Digital hardware design using CAD tools and FPGAs  Program-controlled and interrupt-driven I/O  Microcontroller-based designs. LAB Material  Total of 8 experiments  Digital Design ( circuit building and testing)  The Digital Design Process  Hardware Design and VHDL ( FPGA and Xilinx software)  Seven-Segment LED Decoder  Hierarchical Circuit Design of Adders  Traffic Light Controller  Computer organization and microprocessors ( PIC microcontroller and MPLAB software)  Introduction to MPLAB  Delays  Interrupts  LCD  Assessment  Midterm  Project  Drop quizzes  In-labs, pre-labs, and post-labs Calendar LAB Material  Moodle:  Metacourse: Include lab material  Pre-labs, manuals, in-labs and miscellaneous documents  Quizzes  Lab Announcements (Students should check regularly)  Different labs different assessment methods  Section: For submissions of in-lab and reports  Some short quizzes will be scheduled at the beginning or at the end of a lab session.  Material: To be announced.  Codes developed in class will not be saved on the PC  Erased automatically after restart LAB Etiquette  Attendance is a must in the lab  Students should not miss any lab session except for  A valid medical reason from AUH  Should report the case to the instructor in any way (phone, email) directly within the same week of the lab to be missed  A make up should be scheduled  No make up sessions can be scheduled except within the same week  Student who miss any lab session with no make up will be dropped from the course  The partner of an absent student from the lab should report to the lab as usual in the normal session time  Students who are late to a second lab session will not be allowed to attend the lab session and hence are considered absent from the lab session  Any act of cheating or plagiarism will be reported to the disciplinary committee and students will get DEAN’S WARNING Tentative Grade Distribution  Grade Distribution  Pre-lab reports (6%)  In lab reports(4%)  Post labs (5%)  Quizzes (10%)  Performance and Participation (5%)  Midterm (35%)  Project (35%) Hope You will enjoy the course!!! Have a nice semester…