11/16/2007EECS150 Lab Lecture #111 Final Report Specifications EECS150 Fall 2007 Shah Bawany

EECS150 Lab Lecture #112 Today Upcoming Deadlines Final Report Specifications Grading CP4 Tips 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #113 Upcoming Deadlines Regular Check off - In Lab week of 11/26 Slip days can still be used if you have them available. They still don’t carry over past the weekend so 11/30 is the last day. Partial credit will be assessed based on this submission 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #114 Upcoming Deadlines Final Report – 12/7 Bring it to lab and turn it in (hard copy). Submit soft copy to You will give a presentation in lab to us on 12/7 (last Friday of the semester). 5 minute Presentation. 5 minute Q&A. Arrive 30 minutes before your presentation so that you can set everything up for your presentation. More detailed information on sign up times will follow after Thanksgiving. 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #115 Final Report Specifications Cover Page Table of Contents Abstract System Description Design Metrics Conclusion Suggestions Appendices 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #116 Final Report - Abstract ~1 paragraph Describe overall project Timeline General layout Un-detailed block diagram if you want 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #117 Final Report - System Description ~5-6 pages of text Diagrams don’t count for pages For each subsystem Description on how it works Give detailed block diagrams Timing diagrams for that subsystem State machine (if applies) 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #118 Final Report - Design Metrics 1 page MAX (probably more like 1/4 page) # LUTs Design/implementation time for each checkpoint Discussion of design tradeoffs, how things changes 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #119 Final Report - Conclusion ~1 page Extra features you implemented Major bugs you encountered (and how you fixed them) What you would have done differently Other things you want to say 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #1110 Final Report - Suggestions ~1-2 paragraphs Suggestions about how this project could have gone smoother Suggestions for class/project in the future 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #1111 Final Report - Appendices Any other block diagrams that didn’t fit in your report Timing diagrams if not in the report Any other diagrams you want to add (that are relevant) 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #1112 Final Report Page limits… 10 pages of text Table of contents and cover page do not count 10 pages of appendices and diagrams ANY MORE THAN 20 PAGES WILL BE TORN OFF AND IGNORED!!!! 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #1113 Grading Final report is 5% of your grade Graded on: Clarity usefulness 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #1114 CP4 Tips You may want to use registers instead of the RAM module provided This checkpoint allows for a lot more creativity than the previous ones Debug your handshaking systematically. Get ANNOUNCE packets working, then INIT_CALL etc. Use modelsim when you can, as synthesis/PAR times are huge 11/16/2007

EECS150 Lab Lecture #1115 That’s All… Keep in mind, you want this report to show all the hard work you have done this semester Make it so you could hand it to a possible employer and they would be impressed Good luck with the rest of CP4! 11/16/2007