Syllabus

Roman Lysecky, rlysecky@ece.arizona.edu
Office: ECE 356F
Office Hours: M 10:30-11:50AM, T 10:30-11:30AM, F 1:30-2:30PM, or by appointment

Varadaraj Kamath, varad@email.arizona.edu
Office Hours: R 4:00-4:50PM, In lab, or by appointment

Required: Digital Design, Frank Vahid, John Wiley and Sons

Required: Verilog for Digital Design, Frank Vahid, Roman Lysecky, John Wiley and Sons

Section 1: M 2:00PM-4:50PM, ECE 301

Section 3: T 2:00PM-4:50PM, ECE 301

Section 4: W 2:00PM-4:50PM, ECE 301

Section 5: T 11:00AM-1:50PM, ECE 301

Section 6: R 11:00AM-1:50PM, ECE 301

Grading for the class will be performed on an individual basis. You will not be competing with the other students for your grade. If all students do well in the class, it is possible everyone will get an A. Your grade is only dependent on the effort you put into the class.

Letter grades will be assigned strictly using a 10% scale: 90% and above is correspond to an A, 80% and above to a B, 70% and above to a C, 60% and above to a D, and less than 60% to an E.

The grading will be based on a weighted sum as follows:

All grades will be posted on D2L.

A total of 10 homework assignments will be assigned, but you will only need to complete 9 of those homework assignments to receive full credit. All homework assignments will be graded out of 12 points. Each homework assignment will consist of five problems, of which only one problem will be graded in detail. The graded problem will be worth 4 points. For the remaining assigned problems, 2 points will be awarded for any reasonable solution for the problems. In addition, each homework assignment will have one extra credit question worth 1 point. Extra credit questions will be graded on an all or nothing basis, i.e., your solution must be entirely correct to receive the extra credit.

Solutions to homework assignments will be posted online within a password protected area within two days of the day each homework assignment is due (or shortly thereafter). As such, NO LATE homework assignments will be accepted, but you are welcome to submit them early.

The design challenges will augment your homework assignments for Chapter 5 and will be due at the beginning of lecture on each posted date. A total of 10 design challenges will be assigned, but you will only need to complete 9 of those design challenges to receive full credit. All design challenges will be graded out of 3 points.

Solutions to the design challenges will be presented in lecture on the day each design challenge is due (or shortly thereafter). As such, NO LATE design challenges will be accepted, but you are welcome to submit them early.

Punctuality: Please arrive on-time to class.

Reading: Please be prepared. Read over the material being covered in lecture before coming to class. For the most part, the lectures will follow the organization of the book. Any planned deviations from this order will be announced beforehand.

Academic Dishonestly: Any academic dishonesty will no be tolerated. Unless otherwise explictly stated by your instructor or teaching assistant, all course work should be done on your own. Please consult the UA Code of Academic Integrity.

Late Assignments: Late assignment will only be accepted in extraordinary circumstances, e.g., medical emergency.

Regrades: All requests for regrades must be submitted in writing within one week of the distribution of graded material. Problems requested to be regraded will be regraded in their entirety, which could possibly result in a lower score for the requested problem.