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Grades

Grades are now online and FINAL. Out of 20 e-mails about grades we have received ONE about a real mistake in our grading (and it was a very glaring mistake of 15% in the final course grade). Please be very sure that your numbers don't add up before contacting us. Grades were assigned using a standard 10% per letter grade breakdown.

Midterm 3

Solutions are up.

It's Over

Congratulations on surviving EECS150. Good luck on your remaining finals and we hope you enjoy your winter break.

Homework Grades

Update (12/15/2004): No one has a homework #5 grade it was OPTIONAL. Don't e-mail Greg.

Update (12/14/2004): All homework grades are now online. If yours is not, you will need to find it in the lab and contact Greg (gdgib@berkeley) by Monday at 3pm.

Homework #8 and about half of the homework #10 grades have been posted. We'll get the rest of homework #10 up ASAP. Project grades will not be posted before the end of Midterm III.

Office Hours

We are working on scheduling last minute office hours before the midterm. Check the schedule page.

Midterm III

Midterm III will be held from 12:30-3:30pm in 1 LeConte on Wendesday, December 15th (during the final slot for EECS150). The review session will be from 5-8pm in 125 Cory on Monday December 13th.

Project Grades

Project and Report grades will be released after Midterm III. Relax and concentrate on other work, the project is over.

Final Report

Final reports are due by 4pm on 12/10 to the homework box outside of 125 Cory. We will not accept any materials submitted after 4:10pm, be prompt.

Checkpoint #3 Solution

The posted checkpoint #3 solution will correctly simulate, but it cannot be synthesized due to an incompatibility in the tools. Sorry. If you would like access to the full solution, please contact Greg (gdgib@berkeley), and he will send it to you at the cost of a small number of points from your final checkoff.

Midterm II Regrades

Midterm II regrades are online, if you submitted a regrade request you can now see your new score. To get your regrade back with comments, see your TA.

Example Project

This is the project solution submitted by LambdaBeef. They did an incredible job on this project and went above and beyond what we expected. Download it and play if you like... (but watch out for the suprise)

Congratulations to Po-kai Chen and Jack Chu, as well as everyone who has finished the project.

Wrapping Up

Lab & Lab Lecture: There is a lab lecture this friday (on the report, don't miss it) and TAs will be present for labs this week. However this is the last week for both lab and lab lecture, and no more discussions will be held. See the schedule page.

Controllers: Please make sure to check your controllers back in, those groups who turn their controllers in will have 0.00 for their group number on the grade webpage. Failure to return your controller, or pay for it, will result in a withheld course grade.

Deffered Checkoff: Those groups who signed up for early checkoff, but were deffered by Greg should sign up for regular checkoff. We will use your files from the early deadline and give you your 10%.

Midterms & Lectures: The remaining lecture schedule, along with the midterm reviews and time and date for the Midterm III are now posted to the calendar page.

Homework: Please don't forget homework #10.

Cheating

If you shared your code, accepted code from another group or in any way were involved in something dishonest, or even almost dishonest please talk to us immediately. Even if its a small matter, talking to us can ensure your peace of mind.

Please remember tuesday evening is the deadline for admitting to cheating on Checkpoint #3. If you do not take reponsibility for your actions by that time, you will accept responsibility the hard way.

Final Checkoff

All EECS150 Fall2004 Project final checkoff files are due at 10:00 sharp on Monday 12/6. No exceptions, extensions or refunds.

Make sure your "U:\Project Submission Directory" folder is free of anything other than your submitted project verilog and blackboxes. No testbenches, projects or bitfiles will be accepted for any reason.

Cheating

Students of EECS150 Fall 2004:
    It is a sad fact that students out of frustration and pressure sometimes resort to less than honest means in search of a higher grade. On last Thursday evening there were a small number of groups who actively tried to cheat the checkoff system on Checkpoint #3 in order to attempt to raise their course grade by 1.5%, about one and a half homework assignments worth.
    However, the transition from frustrated groups to groups with magically working projects did not go unnoticed by the TAs and by about 9pm that night, investigations had begun into exactly how many groups were involved. At this point we have clear evidence of cheating on the part of a number of groups.
    Couse policy, as posted on the syllabus page since september, dictates that at the very least all groups involved receive a 0 (Zero) for their final project grade and that both partners will have a letter sent to the office of student conduct, effectively failing them from EECS150 and possibly ending their career at U.C. Berkeley.
    In order to offer everyone a second chance before taking such drastic measures and to give us time to finish our investigation and generate conclusive proofs, we will delay action on this incident until Tuesday, November 30th at 6pm. In the meantime those groups interested in taking responsibility for their actions should e-mail or talk to Greg Gibeling (gdgib@berkeley) or Professor Culler by Tuesday, November 30th. Those who remain silent will likely receive the maximum penalty allowable under school policy, whereas we will talk with those of you who are willing to come in to discuss matters about the proper course of action to resolve this situation.
    For those of you who put honest effort into your project and did not cheat, we appreciate your diligence and apologize on behalf of those who have tried to cheat you out of your hard earned grade. For those of you who decide to make good on the incident, we hope to find a way to offer you a second chance, but that depends on honest communication. The impact of a cheating letter far far outweighs any portion of the grade in this course.
            - Greg Gibeling
              On behalf of the Course Administration

Early Checkoff

Early checkoff files are due at 10:00 sharp on Monday 11/29, right after Thanksgiving break. For those of you leaving it until regular checkoff, enjoy your turkey.

Final Design Review

You must complete and hand in a final project design review by Wednesday November 24th at 8pm. This deadline has been extended from Thursday November 18th, due to the fact that we failed to make this deadline clear.

Checkpoint Solutions

Checkpoint solutions are meant for illustration purposes. You may only include them in your project with a severe point penalty. We recommend you use your own code as you will find it easier to cope with, since you know exactly how it works.

Checkpoint #3

We have updated the Checkpoint3.v file in the zip download for checkpoint #3 to correct a few minor typos.

Homeworks #9 & #10

Update (11/17/2004): Homework #9 is now due at 2:10pm on Monday November 22nd.

Update (11/10/2004): Please take note that the Homework #9 due date has changed as well as the assignment. Both were updated by 7:30pm. If you downloaded the assignment prior to this check the due date on your copy, the new due date is 11/19.

Many of you asked for more design problems, and we have obliged. Homeworks #9 & #10 are now posted. We have given you from now until 11/19 to complete homework #9 and until 12/3 to complete homework #10. Be aware that it may be long and somewhat involved to finish. Feel free to come to office hours and ask questions, this homework is intended as practice for how to do design problems.

Midterm II

Update (11/12/2004): Grades (with breakdowns for each problem) are now availible online along with the grade distribution. We will returning and discussing midterms in section next week.

Update (11/10/2004): The solutions have been updated to inlcude more information about our grading standards and better solutions to problem #5.

Solutions for both the A and B version of the test are now on the calendar page. We will grade the midterms and return them during discussion next week.

Midterm I Regrades

Midterm I regrades are online, if you submitted a regrade request you can now see your new score. To get your regrade back with comments, see your TA.

Project Specification

With the posting of lab lectures #11 and #13 to the calendar page, you can now find all of the information you need to complete the EECS150 Fall2004 Final Project on this website.

For those of you planning to do the wireless multiplayer extra credit, please look at Lab Lecture #11. For those of you planning to do the full audio extra credit, please look at checkpoint #2 from Spring 2004 (last semester).

Grades Online

The online gradebook was uploaded improperly. For all of you who got errors while trying to check grades, don't worry about it. We keep the grades elsewhere and just upload a copy to the website, which has now been fixed.

However, for those of you trying to get a better grade by hacking, feel free to change your grade on the webpage, we encourage that...

Midterm II

The midterm is scheduled for 80min in class on Tuesday November 9th. We will try to keep the length down. You will not be allowed any notes.

The review session is scheduled for Monday November 8th from 5:30-8pm. The lecture on Thursday November 4th will be a review of the lectures as before.

Any material covered in lab or on homework will be fair game.

Checkpoint #3

Checkpoint #3 will be released at 2:10pm on Friday 10/29 and NO SOONER. That means you have to WAIT, if the concept is scary or confusing we recommend that you do something crazy like your other homework or sleep. Complaints, as well as requests for an unfair advantage in the form of early material may be directed to /dev/null. Past SDRAM checkpoints are a reasonable starting point, but are mostly unrelated to what you will be doing this semester, hence the delay in finishing the checkpoint.

Greg's Discussion

Update (10/26/2004): Greg's office hours Wednesday from 3-4pm will be considered the "makeup discussion." Don't stress about attending.

If you attempted to attend Greg's discussion yesterday, we apologize. Greg will be holding office hours today from 3:30-4:30pm, wednesday from 3-4pm and thursday 1-2pm. Please check the schedule at left or on the schedule page.

Due Dates & Project Spec

We have updated the due dates in Lab Lecture #8. We have also posted the project specification, which includes all of the due dates, project specification and preliminary grading breakdowns. You can find both on the calendar page, please check the final project checkoff entries in weeks 14 and 15.

Design Basics Tutorial

There is a design basics tutorial on Monday evening 5-7pm in 125 Cory. If you got 60 or below on the midterm, spent 20+ hours on checkpoint 1 or are having troubles in the lab, BE THERE. This will be a review of basic material that you will need to know to pass this class.

Midterm Regrades

All midterm regrade requests must be submitted in writing by 2:10pm on Friday 10/29. No exceptions whatsoever. You may submit them to the homework box.

Midterm Results

The midterm solutions and the grade distribution are now posted to the calendar page.

Homework #6

Homework is back. And its still required, sorry about the slightly late posting. It shouldn't be too hard.

Project Deadline Update

After a long discussion about midterm and course survey results as well as course material, we have decided to remove checkpoint #4 and give you two weeks for checkpoint #2.

Please check the calendar for due dates.

Homework

We have made a final decision on the late homework policy. Late homework will receive a score of 0. Make sure to turn your homework in by the deadline to avoid this. As a concession, we will record that we did receive your homework late, which will be used in determining final grades, should your grade land close to a letter boundary.

Checkpoint Late Credit

You may turn in a lab or checkpoint through 8pm on Thursday the week after it is assigned for full credit, after that time the solution will be posted. However, for checkpoints, we will allow you one extra week during which a fully working checkpoint will receive 50% credit. That means that the final deadline to receive 100% for checkpoint #1 is 10/21, and you may receive 50% through 10/28.

Midterm I

Grading is in progress, grades will be posted to the website ASAP. We will return midterms in discussion on the 18th and 19th, MAKE SURE TO ATTEND.

Checkpoint 1 Update

After sending a reset command, you must wait 128us before attempting to send a get button status command, otherwise your N64 module will not work.

You should not send a reset command at any time other than right after initialization, sending resets at other times may result in communications problems.

Homework #2 Solution

There was a bug in problem #3. Please check it again if you looked at the solutions. Its about LUTs. LUTs are important.

Culler's OH

Update (10/5/2004): Greg's Thursday OH have been moved to compensate!

Professor Culler will not be holding office hours this week, as he will be out of the country. Come see your TAs if you have questions about anything.

Lab #5 Update

The files for Lab #5 have been updated. The new files will synthesize properly with the black boxes and include the dataseet for the async FIFO!

Homework #4 Solution

The solution for homework #4 had a couple of bugs in problem 6 (Katz 7.18). We fixed them. Our apologies.

Lab #5 Music

Update (10/2/2004): The audio stream has been fixed, I apologize for the bug as it was in my code. The assignment will not be delayed.

The audio stream in the lab is apparently dead. We will work on fixing it as soon as possible. Updates will be posted. Do not ask us to delay the assignment, at the very least we will expect your code to work in simulation if we cannot fix the audio stream.

Homework

Homework is now due at 2:10pm on Friday. Do NOT be late.

We're working to get homeworks back ASAP (before the midterm). Homework #5 is out and is not required.

Lab #3 Solution

Its up, and it is vital to your surviving this class that you read and understand it.

Midterm I

The midterm is scheduled for 80min in class on Thursday October 7th. You will not be allowed any notes.

The review session is scheduled for Monday October 4th from 6-8pm. The lecture on Tuesday will be a review.

Any material covered in lab or on homework will be fair game.

Homework #4

Update (9/28/2004): We've updated HW4 and the slides for lecture 7 so that all the questions should now make sense. Please check your answers, our apologies for the late changes.

There were some typos in homework #4, slide 8.39 was supposed to be slide 8.8 and the mux in problem 1 has (n-1) SELECT inputs. The homework assignment has been corrected.

Kramnik

We have finally finished setting up kramnik.eecs.berkeley.edu, a windows terminal server which you can log into from home to transfer files and run ModelSim simulation. Instructions are availible on the documents page, a link to the website login is on the links page.

Textbook Errata

A conscientious student pointed out a mistake in the textbook, so for your convenience we have started a textbook errata page which you can find on the documents page along with chapters 11 and 12 of the book.

Grades Online

Grades are availible online. They may take a day or two to show up, but please make sure that you are receiving grades. If there is an error, bring your signed checkoff sheet to your TA to correct it.

Homeworks are not graded yet, we are behind on that.

Partners

If you still need a partner, please make sure to attend lecture and lab lecture. We will attempt to do some match-making there.

Calendar Page

There are some interesting things posted on the calendar page for those of you who want to work ahead:

• Homework #3
• Lab #3 Solution Bitfile
• Project Block Diagram
• Labs 4 & 5 (Subject to change before lab lecture)

Cardkeys

Cardkeys should now be active, if you can't get into the lab, please talk to your TA or e-mail Greg (gdgib@berkeley).

ModelSim Tutorial

The ModelSim Tutorial has been updated for ModelSimSE 5.8d and to handle the libraries and glbl.v related issues. Please read this tutorial carefully or use it as a reference when simulating outside of Project Navigator.

Cardkeys

The cardkey system is, as usual, slightly messed up. We're working on getting you access ASAP.

Discussions Moved

All discussions and office hours are in 125 Cory. You can look at the schedule page to see who is availible when on what days, it will always reflect the events of the current week.

Homework #2

Homework #2 is posted. Feel free to get started. Sorry we posted it late, we'll get it posted earlier in the future.

Website Logins

Website logins are now fixed. Your login is your cs150-xxx username. Your password is your 8-digit SID. Enjoy.

Lab1 Download

Update (9/8/2004): The lab computers have been fixed. You can now download the zip files when and where you like.

Zip file downloads are broken on the computers in the lab. We're scrambling to fix this. In the meantime your TA can supply you with the zip file if you ask. You can download the file at home just fine

Lecture Slides & Readings

Both are availible on the calendar in the lecture column. We're still working to get the lecture slides up earlier. Our apologies.

First Lab

Make sure to attend Lab #1 this week! If you do not sign in we may assume you have dropped the class!

Website Logins

I messed up. The website logins are as follows: your username and your password are the username posted in the lab. So if you are cs150-stupid then your username and password for the website would both be cs150-stupid. This will change, when you sign in during Lab #1 you will choose a better password.

Discussions

There aren't any discussions next week, so come to office hours. They've now been posted. You can look at the schedule page to see who is availible when on what days, it will always reflect the events of the current week.

Homework

Homework #1 is on the calendar page, it is due Friday 9/10 at 2pm. The homework box is under the glass front display case outside of the double doors to 125 Cory. The box is outside 125 Cory and is clearly labeled "CS150 Homework".

Cardkeys

Cardkey access to the lab, 125 Cory, will not be availible until Monday, September 13th. Don't ask until then.

Textbook

The course textbook (R. H. Katz, G. Borriello, Contemporary Logic Design, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall/Pearson Publishing, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004.) is availible in reader form from Copy Central on Hearst near Euclid for $38.71. It is reader #69

Change of Time

Discussion section 103 has been moved from 3-4pm on Monday to 4-5pm on Monday. We apologize for any problems this may cause, but no TAs could make the 3-4pm time slot.

Change of Room

The regular Tuesday/Thursday lectures have been moved to 306 Soda

First Week of Instruction

There are no labs or discussions during the first week of instruction. There is a Lab Lecture on Friday, September 3rd in 125 Cory! YOU MUST ATTEND!

Labs & Discussions

Lab and Discussion times final. Please note that Lab15 (Thursday 9am-12pm) has been cancelled. Note also that all discussions will be held in 125 Cory. Double check your schedule.

Lab: You must be in the same lab every week, and the same lab as your project partner. If you wish to switch labs, simply attend the one you wish to be in and e-mail Greg (gdgib@berkeley) with your name and SID as well as the lab you are switching to and from. We will try to accomodate you, but if some labs are too full we may need you to attend the one your enrolled in.

Discussion: Attend the discussion you signed up for at least for the first week or two, then feel free to attend any discussion that is convenient. You need not attend the same one every week.

Lab Lecture

Though it is not clear from the class scheduling system, you MUST ATTEND LAB LECTURE from 2-3pm on Fridays in 125 Cory. Without it, you will have trouble passing the class

Welcome to the EECS150 Fall 2004 Website

This website will be your primary source of information about EECS150, please check it daily. We will assume you have seen anything posted for 48hrs.

Please read the Syllabus immediately. Check the Calendar page for lecture slides, homework assignments and solutions as well as labs and midterm dates. You can find office hours either in the schedule bar on the left of the homepage or on the Schedule page.