EE 361 Web Page
Fall 2005

• Dec 8 Thurs:  11-12, 1-2, and 3-5
• Dec. 9 Fri: 1-4:30
  

People

• Instructor: Galen Sasaki.
• TA:  Huimin "Vicky" Zeng
  
• Grader: Alex Gomera
  

Course Information:

• Course Syllabus
• Lecture Schedule and Notes.
• EE 361L Web Site.

Exams:

• Midterm Exam 1:  October 7, 2005 (friday)
  
• Coverage:   Homeworks: 1-4.  Lectures:  Intro, MIPSa, MIPSb, MIPSc, Arith.
  
• Instructions:  You will have 50 minutes.  You are allowed the textbook, one 8.5" x 11" sheet of notes (back and front okay), green reference card from the textbook, and a calculator.
  
• Midterm Exam 2:  November 21, 2005 (monday)
  
• Coverage:  Homeworks 1-9 (excluding 8B).  There will be verilog problems.  Lectures Intro, MIPSa-c, Arith, CircRev, SingleMIPS, and MultiMIPS.
  
• Instructions:  You will have 50 minutes.  You are allowed the textbook, two 8.5" x 11" sheets of notes (back and front okay), and a calculator.  You are also allowed the Bucknell verilog handbook by Hyde.
• Bonus Points:  You may earn up to10 bonus points for Midterm Exam 2 by completing Homework 8B. By implementing MIPS-L1 you will receive 6 pts; implementing MIPS-L2 you will receive 8 pts; and implementing MIPS-L3 you will receive 10 pts.
  
• Final Exam:  December 12 (Monday)  12noon - 2pm
  
• Coverage:   Everything
• Instructions:  You are allowed the textbook, green reference card from the textbook, three 8.5" x 11" sheets of notes (back and front okay), a calculator, and the Bucknell verilog handbook by Hyde.

Instructor Availability (or Unavailability):

• None planned so far.
  

Homeworks:

• Homework 1 (due 9/7 wed)
• Homework 2 (due 9/14 wed)
• Homework 3 (due 9/23 fri)
• Homework 4 (due 9/30 fri)
• Homework 5 (due 10/14 fri).  Read a Verilog Introduction which you can download by clicking here (16 page pdf file).  There is an error in the 2-bit counter and Gray code counter examples on page 8.  Their input "d" is unnecessary.  Notice that the counters have the states "reset", "count up", "count down", and "hold".  They never parallel "load".  Therefore, the input "d" is unecessary.
• Homework 6 (due 10/21 fri).
• Homework 7 (due 10/28 fri)
  
• Homework 8A (due 11/11 fri)
• Homework 8B (due 12/7 wed)
• Homework 9 (due 11/7 mon)
• Homework 10 (due 11/14 mon)
• Homework 11 (due 11/23 wed)
  

On-Line Help:

• Web site for the textbook, where you can find online versions of the figures (in wmf form etc).  Helpful for homeworks.
  
• SPIM
• SPIM simulator for the MIPS computers. There is a UNIX and PC version. No MAC version (sorry). It's all FREE!
• Verilog
• Verilog resources.
• Bucknell Verilog Manual. It's web manual, but there's a link to a pdf version for printing.
• Sutherland HDL
• Free verilog simulators
• Syncad offers verilog and other HDL tools. In particular, they have FREE demonstration verilog simulation tool called Verilogger Pro. The company Veriwell got bought by syncad.
• Zipped, PC-version of Veriwell simulator.
• Click here for a copy of winzip95.exe for your IBM PC to unzip the Veriwell code. Handbook on Verilog HDL by Dr. Daniel C. Hyde.
• Altera's student edition software
• Verilog coding style
• A paper on Verilog code style.
• Style manual
• Style guide
• PIC Microcontroller
• Microchip, the company that makes the PIC microcontrollers.
• Piclite: a free C compiler
• A list of C compilers for PIC microcontrollers
• Links to the College's Web Site:
• Wiliki Reference
• On-line Tutorials. The tutorials cover C-shell, dialup (how to access wiliki via a modem), elm, vi editor, and more.
• Links for Writing Reports:
• Links for Teachers and Students
• More Writing Help