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Course Schedule

2022-09-01

ELEX 2117	Day:	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
ELEX 2117	Lectures:	1:30		9:30		9:30
week	Lab Sets:	2A (10:30)	2D (8:30) 2B (1:30)		2C (10:30)
1	Sep 05	holiday
2	Sep 12	L0
3	Sep 19	no classes				Q1
4	Sep 26	L1				holiday
5	Oct 03	L2				MT1
6	Oct 10	holiday
7	Oct 17	L3				Q2
8	Oct 24	L4
9	Oct 31	L5				MT2
10	Nov 07	L6				holiday
11	Nov 14	L7	WD			Q3
12	Nov 21	L8
13	Nov 28
14	Dec 05		final exam
	Ln=Lab n, Qn = Quiz n, MTn=Midterm n, WD = Withdrawal deadline.

Tentative, subject to change.

Welcome to ELEX 2117

2022-09-06

Welcome to ELEX 2117. Our first lecture will be on Wednesday, September 7.

Labs will begin the week of September 12. Parts kits for the labs will be available for purchase from the BCIT bookstore for $5.95. These are only available to students registered in the course -- you will need to ask for the "ELEX 2117 Parts Kit" at the front counter and show ID. You will also need some components from your Level 1 parts kit (the EPM240 CPLD board, USB-Blaster, Dupont/Berg jumper wires, and some space on your breadboard).

Changes due to Day of Mourning

2022-09-15

BCIT will be closed on Monday, Sept. 19.

There will be no labs the week of September 19 and remaining labs will be postponed by one week. Note that Lab 0 is still due on Thursday, September 22. The course schedule and the due dates on Assignment folders have been updated.

Request Lecture Notes

2022-10-27

Fill in this survey if you would like me to print out lecture notes for you. These will be customized with your name and will be made available at the start of a future lecture. To avoid waste, I will only print out lecture notes if you've picked up your previous ones.

Peer Tutoring

2022-09-28

A reminder that free in-person peer tutoring is available through the BCIT Learning Commons. The tutors are ECET students who have taken this course and done well. The schedule shows they're available after hours on most days.

Midterm 1 - Friday October 7 3:30 to 5:20 PM

2022-09-29

The first midterm exam will be held on Friday, October 7 from 3:30 to 5:30 PM in SW3-1710.

Note that this is not your regular lecture time. Please make a note of the date and time in your calendars.

The midterm exam will cover all material up to and including the Timers and Clock Dividers section of Lecture 2.

First Year Lab Proctor Hours

2022-10-04

Start Session: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
Final Session: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022

Midterm Exam 1 Results

2022-10-12

The midterm exam was marked out of 16. The median was 11.5 and the mean was 11.6. The distribution of the marks is shown below.

Quiz 2

2022-10-20

Quiz 2 will be held on schedule this Friday, October 21, during the scheduled lecture (in SW1-1025 from 9:30 to 10:20).

It will cover Lecture 2 and the first section of Lecture 3 (Numbers, Truth Values and Logic Levels). Of course, this will require that you understand and be able to use the material covered in Lecture 1.

Quiz 2 Results

2022-10-22

Quiz 2 was marked out of 7. The median was 4.0 and the mean was 3.7. The distribution of the marks is shown below.

Midterm 2 - Friday November 4 3:30 to 5:20 PM

2022-10-28

The second midterm exam will be held on Friday, November 4 from 3:30 to 5:30 PM in SW3-1710.

Note that this is not your regular lecture time. Please make a note of the date and time in your calendars.

The midterm exam will cover material from the end of the first midterm (interacting state machines, sequence detectors) to the first part of Lecture 5 (Interfaces). Of course, you will need to know material from earlier in the course.

Lab 7

2022-11-10

Lab 7 is available. You'll need to use the oscilloscopes in the lab to complete this lab. You'll also need to bring in a USB flash drive for 'scope screen captures. You may build your circuit before coming to the lab to save time.

ELEX 2117 Final Exam

2022-11-14

The final exam for ELEX2117 will be on Tuesday, Dec 6 from 1430 to 1730 in SW09 110.

Midterm Exam 2 Marks

2022-11-15

The mean was 14.4 out of 17 (85%) and the median was 15.5 . The distribution of the marks was:

Course Survey Questions

2022-12-02

If you have not already submitted the course survey, here are some questions specific to this course that you could answer in the comments section.

Labs

Do you like the option to do labs at home?
Which labs did you like? why?
Which labs did you not like? why?
Were there any issues with marking?
Other lab comments?

Recorded Lectures

How many of the recorded lectures did you look at (even partially)?
Were they helpful? If not, why not?

Discussion Forum

Did you post a question?
How many answers did you read?

Other

How else could the course be improved?

Suggestions for studying for the final exam

2022-12-02

Read the paragraphs starting "After this lecture you should be able to:" at the start of each set of lecture notes and make sure you can do each of the things listed. The exam questions will be drawn from these lists. Review the relevant lecture notes and exercises if you're not sure about any item.
Review any exam or quiz questions you did not answer correctly and make sure you understand how to do them now.
Organize your notes and any other material you will bring to the exam. Make sure you have all of the lecture notes and exercise answers and any other materials you think might be useful for the exam.
Set aside a few hours and time yourself doing a few of the previous years' exams and midterms (except for questions on memory design).

Final Exam Results

2022-12-07

The final exam has been marked and returned. The solutions are available. The unofficial (subject to change) final marks have been calculated.

The distribution of the final exam marks is:

The distribution of the unofficial final marks is:

Please let me know if you have any questions (preferably before Monday).