Re: Lab 4 Report

Ed Casas (edc@ece.ubc.ca) Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:49:04 -0800 

Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:49:04 -0800
From: Ed Casas <edc@ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: Lab 4 Report



On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 11:41:48AM -0800, Leonardo C Castro wrote:

> I was wondering how much detail do we need to write for the Lab
> 4 Report. The description that was given in the handout is
> quite detailed in explaining how the hardware and software
> work, and I think that there is not much left to be said in a
> report.

The lab asks you to:

	Submit a short report describing the hardware and
	software. Include a listing of your assembly-language
	program, the VHDL code and a printout of the simulation
	waveforms that demonstrates correct operation of your
	device. Follow the documentation conventions given on the
	course web page.

These documentation conventions are at:

	http://casas.ece.ubc.ca/379/documentation.html

The description in the report need not be as detailed as that in
the first two pages of the lab handout but it should correspond
to your particular design.  There are various details that you
will have changed while coming up with your solution.  For
example, make sure the structure and signal names in your block
diagrams match your VHDL code, include any changes you made
(e.g. using OSC instead of SYSCLK), use your own state names for
the description of the state machine, etc.  I would leave out the
description of the RS-232 interface.  If you include material
taken verbatim out of the lab report make sure you include a
reference to it so you are not accused of plagiarism.

A (readable) hand-written report is quite acceptable.

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