Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madison

ECE/Comp Sci 352 Digital System Fundamentals

COURSE CONDUCT

Summer 8 Week Session 2001

Text, Lectures and Assignments

The text for the course is: Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals by M. M. Mano, and C. R. Kime (Second Edition, Prentice Hall). In addition, there is a packet of required course materials to be purchased at Bob's Copy Shop.

You are responsible for all assigned sections in the text and course materials and all lecture content unless specified otherwise by the instructor. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain handouts and other information given on the days you missed.

Use of the Computer-Aided Engineering Center (CAE)

There will be a project requiring the use of two Mentor Graphics computer-aided design (CAD) tools, Design Architect and QuickSim. These tools run on UNIX workstations located in Room 175, Computer-Aided Engineering, 1410 Engineering Drive (across the street from the Engineering Hall). Additional 24-hour access UNIX workstations sites are located in Rooms B555 and B540 Engineering Hall (in the northwest corner of the basement -- outside access from the northwest door of the building).

Brief introductory sessions to CAE systems are offered by CAE early in the semester. You should attend a session if you have not used CAE or UNIX systems before. See announcements at CAE for further information. We will also try to provide some info in class. You should execute newuser procedures early in the semester so that you are ready for assignments.

Another CAD tool we will be using in this course, CAFE runs on both workstations and PCs at CAE. The CAFE manual is include in the packet of course materials at Bob's.

During early-semester, we will run mandatory tutorial sessions on weekday afternoons/evenings on Design Architect, QuickSim, and CAFE. You will need to sign up for a particular tutorial session to reserve a space in an appropriate session.

Homework Assignments and Project

There are two types of assignments in this course: homework assignments and project. Homework assignments will be given bi-weekly, and need not be submitted. The purpose is to help you review the materials learned during this period. Homework solutions will be made available at the ECE/CS 352 homepage (http://courses.engr.wisc.edu/ecow/get/ece/352/shohet/homework). You are encouraged to team up with your classmates to work on the homework together. To maximize the benefit, try to work out the problems without checking the solutions first.

There are two projects consisting of problems which require you to use computer aided design tools. These projects need to be submitted and will be graded. The purpose of projects is to ensure that you develop the basic knowledge and skills in using modern CAD tools for digital system analysis and design. Projects are a team project performed by a team of two persons. You will be given instruction on how to share Mentor files between two users on CAE UNIX workstation.

Examinations

There are three quizzes and one final examination in this course. They are all closed book examinations with no calculators allowed.The dates for these quizzes and the final exam are listed on the course outline. Quizzes will be held during evening in the specified room. The location of the final examination will be announced later. It is your responsibility to attend all quizzes. Missing a quiz is equivalent to forfeiting a part of your grade. If you miss a quiz, no make-up quiz will be given. Only in most extra-ordinary situations will a make-up quiz be given, provided the request is made prior to the quiz, and official documents substantiating the reasons for missing the quiz are submitted.

In case you require special alternative testing arrangement, you need to seek consultation from McBurney center (http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/mcb/). Then you should bring the written recommendation by the counselor of the McBurney center to the instructor within three weeks after semester begins so that appropriate adjustment can be made.

Questions regarding the grading of quizzes must be written on the cover of the quiz and returned to the instructor for reconsideration on the same day the quiz is returned to the student.

Please note the time of the Final Exam on the Course Outline and do not, for example, schedule travel that will not permit you to take the Final at that time. Conflict with your travel schedule is not an acceptable excuse for requesting an alternate final exam.

The course grade will be determined as listed in the course description.

All the work you submit in the course on projects and exams is expected to be your own (except for work by other team member on projects). Evidence indicating copying of work from others or other cooperation will be dealt with to the maximum extent according to University academic conduct rules.

Discussion Sessions, Tutorials, and Consultation

Teaching staff will conduct optional discussion sessions prior to each quiz. Specific dates of these discussion sessions can be found in the course outline. There will also be special discussion sessions held prior to project due dates in order to assist students with using Mentor Graphic CAD tools. These special discussion sessions will be held at computer rooms.

If you have questions on the course material, you may contact the instructor or teaching assistant for consultation during office hours or by e-mail. Please try to get answers before serious difficulties in your understanding of course material arise. In particular, it is much better to get your questions answered before a quiz than after!