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Instructor: Brad Towle

Note:
    Several stuents are going to be out of town for lab 9.  I am going to try to post it as soon as possible.  However, I did not want to post something that I would have to potentially change completely.  My goal is to have it posted by next Monday.  Sorry for the delay, lab 9 may be more involved then previousely thought.  Also I may be a little late for Office hours Monday December 23, however, I will be there.  Have a happy Thanksgiving!
    Cheers
    Brad Towle
 
Several students have asked that I post the "cheat sheet".  Here it is, you will need either MS Office or Open Office to read it.  PINOUT

I have made a list of requirements for formatting homework.  PLEASE FOLLOW THEM or it will not be graded.  (Home work Requirements)

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PARTS -> I mentioned last lab that you may want to get your own ICs.  I discovered that shipping is actually more expensive then I thought, the whole set cost me around 12 dollars.  I suggest shopping at Jameco (Digi-Key did not have all the parts) .  Here is my order form with the Jameco part numbers.  (Please note Jameco part number and series number do differ).  These should be the correct parts, I have gone through all the logic gates and they work fine.  Order List

OFFIC Hours – My office hours will be Monday 10:00-1:00 (officially, sorry for the confusion Monday group).  I will still try to be at lab a little early to answer last minute questions.
Email: ( towle < at > cse < dot > unr < dot > edu )
Office: SEM 323 A (Or in lab)
Office hours: Mondays: 10:00-1:00pm
or by appointment
Lab Section: Section 1: 6:00-9:00pm (MON)
Section 2: 2:00-5:00pm (WED)
Section 3: 6:00-9:00pm (WED)

I would like to welcome you to the CPE 201 Laboratory. Please take a few moments to read through the following page to get useful information about our lab: the office and lab hours, the rules and regulations, the reports, etc. This page, along with the rest of the website, is designed to answer many of your questions about the lab schedules, the expected format of your reports and so on. Please feel free to email me or to stop by my office during regular office hours or to request an appointment, if you have any questions.


Objectives
The objective of this lab is to give students hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting basic digital circuits. This hands-on experience reinforces the abstract concepts presented in the class lectures and textbook.

Rules
  • Students must be responsible for cleaning their station before leaving the lab.
  • Students can access the lab at any time, except during other scheduled lab sessions.
  • Important! Students must copy their results to their own disks, flash drives, or recordable CD's. Any files saved in the computer hard disk will be automatically deleted whenever the computer is shut down.
  • Note: students can work in groups of two (at most three), but must turn in individual lab reports.
  • Each student must have a prototyping breadboard and jumper wire kit for building digital circuits, implement the circuits on his/her own breadboard and show his/her results to the lab instructor. (The JE-24 prototyping breadboard and JE-10 jumper wire kit are available at the University Bookstore).



Lab reports
Lab reports should have the following format:
  • Course title, section number, lab number, name, date (on a cover page or the upper part of the first page).
  • Introduction - (5 points).
  • Objectives - (5 points).
  • Procedure/Results - (85 points).
  • Conclusion: In the Conclusion the student must explain the Results relative to the Procedure, i.e. if the results are incorrect, explain why, if possible - (5 points).
  • All lab reports should be typewritten. Avoid Printing, Hand drawings, etc.


Grading policy
  • Lab reports are due one week after the lab.
  • Lab reports must be turned in at the beginning of the current lab session.
  • Late lab reports can not be accepted, except in the case of an extreme emergency.
  • Reports have a maximum grade of 100 points.
  • Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Students who submit evidently identical lab reports or have not implemented circuits on their own individual breadboards will receive zero points for that lab.


Legal notices
If you have any physical, mental, or medical challenge for which you will need accommodations, please contact me, or Mary Zabel at the Disability Resource Center Thompson Student Services Room 107 as soon as possible in order to arrange for the appropriate accommodations.