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12-17-2005
Congratulations on surviving cs150!12-16-2005
Review session update:12-13-2005
A review session will be held in 125 Cory on Tuesday, 12/13 from 4:00-5:30pm. We will be going over the solutions to Professor Katz's Fall 2000 final. Read the exam before coming to review. We will not be doing problem 1.12-9-2005
Congratulations to those who finished the projects. Now is the time to check your homework, quiz, lab, and checkpoint grades. We will be assigning letter grades as soon as the final exams are graded. The online grade book should be up to date except for midterm II regrades, project grades (final checkoff, extra credit, and report), hw10, quiz10, and final exam. If you believe a grade is incorrectly recorded, please let us know.12-5-2005
What to bring to your Oral Defense(during your lab time this week/ next week)
0. Sign up for Early/Regular checkoff before your lab section.
1. Bring your Remote Control - you will be turning it in.
2. Bring your Partner.
11-21-2005
Reminder, we just want the files we need, and only the files we need to compile your project in the project submission folder. This means, we want all your verilog files (excluding testbenches), including our register.v, counter.v, etc. if you used them. This also means no bit files, no zip files, no vsd files, and no mp3 files. And again, no blackboxes of your own; we need to be able to see your code.
Clean up your submisssion directory or you will lose points.
11-22-2005
Don't forget to sign up for the
oral defense early/late check off spot in Lab(125 Cory). You must
sign up by monday 11/28/05. The sign up sheet is located at the TA
station. Both you and your partner must be present for the oral
defense. If your particular lab section runs out of "early"
check off slots, just fill up the regular checkoff slots but mark a
note that it's EARLY. You will still get early extra credit if you
submitted your code on time and you tell us. Your checkpoint 4 must
work PERFECTLY if you want the early extra credit. NO extra credit of
any kind will be given to projects which still have masking problems,
cursor issues, sync problems ect.
!!REMEMBER: You must get a time
slot during your official lab section.!!
11-21-2005
Brian will not be available for
office hours today, Nov 21st, from 4-5PM. He will be holding office
hours from 5-6PM instead.
11-20-2005
If you have questions about the
Oral Defense of your project, please check the news group post
Entitled: Oral Defense and Final Project Submission
11-20-2005
2 Things:
A. Labs next week
11/22-11/24 will be canceled, but don't forget to submit your
projects on time if you want to go for early check off. For early
check off, the code is due at 10am, but you do not have to be
present; final check off will be after Thanksgiving. Enjoy your
turkey.
B. There have been some questions about using TA
solution code from Checkpoint 1 and 2 during final Check off.
i.
If you want to go for early check off, you may NOT use solution code
form Checkpoint 1 and Checkpoint 2. End to end, early check off must
be your own code.
ii. If you want to go for regular check off,
you will lose points for using checkpoint 1 and 2 solution code.
We
want you guys to be able to say that this project is entirely your
own, the code was provided only as an example.
11-18-2005
There will be no lab lecture
this Friday, November the 18th. Make sure to read the new document on
the report writeup. Enjoy your weekend and good luck on the project.
Due to Thanksgiving weekend, exam regrade requests due date
will be extended to Monday, Novemeber 28th at 1:00pm.
11-16-2005
Midterm II's have been graded
and your grades have been posted. The mean was a 29.1 with the SD
being 8.2; the max was a 43.5. You can ask for your exams during your
discussion section. Check the syllabus for
the regrade policy.
The description
for the project writeup has been posted. Please take a look
before the day it is due. It might also be helpful to start working
on portions of it as you finish the checkpoints while everything is
still fresh in your memory.
If you are planning to implement
an extra function that is not on the official extra credit list, you
will have to submit a proposal to Po-kai. The half to one page
(informal) proposal will involve an outline of what the feature is,
what needs to be done, and a plan of how your team is going to make
it work. Hopefully, doing the proposal will help your team understand
what is involved. We will also use it to assign the amount of extra
credit. Obviously, the extra credit amount will be proportional to
the amount of extra (functioning) work done. The due date for this
proposal is 11/21 at 10:00am in Po-kai's inbox.
So far, some new
features include saving / loading from an usb memory drive,
transparent / alpha-blending cursor, and copy / pasting sections of
canvas.
11-14-2005
Bryan's OH on Tuesday 11/15
will be canceled. Please plan on going to other TA's OH if you have
questions.
11-13-2005
Solution Code for
Checkpoint 3 will NOT be released. You must complete it before moving
on to Checkpoint 4. If you're having problems, don't be afraid to ask
other groups for help, by now they understand the ins and outs of
SDRAM. There are plenty of resources for you.
11-10-2005
Brian's midterm 2 review notes
is available here.
11-8-2005
David's example from the MT2
review is available here.
Look at Lecture 17 notes from Spring '05 semester for coverage on
creating larger memories from smaller ones.
11-7-2005
The second midterm is going to
be in 125 Cory (in lab) on 11/9
at 1:00 PM. Please arrive early to be sitted.
Designed to be an one hour exam, but we're allowing you to use the entire 80 minutes.
Bring a pencil and eraser. You won't be needing a bluebook.
No calculator, PDAs, laptops. But,
One 8.5x11" two-sided crib sheet is allowed.
Labs will not be canceled.
The labs due dates will remain unchanged.
Sample midterms:
Spring 2001: [zip]
Fall 2001: [pdf]
Fall 2004: [pdf]
Spring 2005: [pdf]
Additional midterms can be found on HKN. cs150
exams @ HKN.
11-4-2005
We have created a shared folder
in your U:\ drives based on your partner assignments in our
gradebook. Make sure if you put a file in there, both you and your
partner can see it and vice versa. You will submit your final project
in this folder so make sure it works.
10-31-2005
Let's be clear:
Checkpoint
2 is due during your lab section 10/25/05-10/28/05
No ONE will
receive partial credit for a late checkoff after their lab section
This is a hard deadline.
If you are still on checkpoint 1...
you are behind, forget about checkpoint 1, it's not worth your time
at this point. Move on to checkpoint 2. We will be releasing solution
code soon.
10-25-2005
Good news! We have decided to
reduce the load on Checkpoint 3. In order to pass checkpoint 3 you no
longer need to make the cursor appear on the screen. We'll be using
the same black box "Checkpoint4.v", but you can simply
ignore the outputs from the paint engine that have to deal with the
Cursor/Color. A few things to remember:
1. You still need to plug
in a remote controller/ use your checkpoint1. ( See demoSolution
Readme)
2. When you hit reset, nothing will appear on the screen
until you paint something.
3. The cursor is not a requirement for
checkpoint 3, so don't bother with it for now, you have enough to
deal with in SDRAM. Worry about the cursor for checkpoint 4.
10-22-2005
A few things have been posted,
look to your right to see recent updates. Figure 1 of Checkpoint3 has
been modified slightly to account for this semester. For those of you
who did not go to lab lecture:
1.you MUST have timing diagrams to
pass check point 3 design review.
2.YOU must have timing diagrams
to pass check point 3 design review.
3.you must have TIMING
diagrams to pass check point 3 design review.
10-21-2005
Lab Lecture 8-SDRAM is now
posted:
1. Feel free to look at it early if you want tips on how
to plan out your design of Checkpoint 3.
2. I put in some extra
slides in the back that describe how to read timing diagrams.
3.
I made these slides more descriptive so that you can read them on
your own if we don't get to them in time.
4. You will need to
learn how to read diagrams to pass this design review and complete
this checkpoint.
10-18-2005
A summary of the due date of
each section of the project can be found here.
10-16-2005
Jack Tzeng will no longer be
having office hours from 12-1 on Tuesdays; do not plan on him staying
after his lab from 9-12:00.
10-14-2005
The percentage breakdown for
each portion of the project has been posted on the syllabus
page. Notice there is a final report for the project worth 20%. Do
not throw away your design reviews; you will most likely need them
for the report.
10-13-2005
This is a list of all the
students whom we do not have a group name for the project: No
Group Name. If you do not have a group name, we do not know who
your partner is and you will not receive credit for checkpoint 1.
Decide on a name between you and your partner and give it to your TA
during lab. Group names must be finalized by Friday. If you do not
have a partner, find someone on this list, or post to the news group.
10-10-2005
The design
review procedure has been updated. We forgot to mention that you
should make a copy of your design so you have something to work with
while we grade your design.
10-9-2005
In addition to the standard
checkoffs for the project checkpoints, we will be doing design
reviews. Read this for more
information. Here are two sample design reviews from last semester: 1
and 2. Note, it is important to
really spend time to work out and understand your design; the reviews
are worth 40% of your checkpoint grade.
10-6-2005
We will be passing out remote
controls to project groups this week in lab. Both people need to be
present. If you still do not have a partner by Thursday, come to lab
lecture on Friday, we will be creating groups.
10-5-2005
In Lab 5 Part 2, the new
version of Chipscope has a different GUI which can cause an error
when using Chipscope. In Part 4.2.1-4 of the lab, when generating the
ILA, create the ILA as you normally would, however, in the second
screen, there is an option "ILA Storage Qualifications Condition
Settings". Uncheck this box and generate the core. This should
fix the triggering problem.
-Jack Tzeng
10-4-2005
You can remotely access the
Xilinx tools over Remote Desktop connection. The server is
kramnik.eecs.berkeley.edu; use your cs150 computer accounts to
connect. A guide with step-by-step instructions on how to set up RDC
can be found here.
10-2-2005
If you have a midterm regrade
request, you have until next Friday (10/7) at 2:10 pm. Drop your
midterm with your written request in the homework box before next
Friday's lab lecture.
Check the syllabus
for the regrade policy.
9-29-2005
Midterm I has been graded. The
grades are available online. The mean is 47 out of 50. Good job! You
can picked up your graded exams during section this week.
9-28-2005
Lab4.zip has been updated with
a new Const.v( lab 4 part 2), please re-download it to get the latest
version
9-27-2005
Midterm I review session will
be held in 125 Cory on 9/26 from 5:00-6:00 pm. Prepare by bringing
questions.
9-24-2005
Sample midterms:
Spring 2004: [zip]
Fall 2004: [pdf]
Spring 2005: [pdf]
These exams can also be accessed through the old
websites link at the top.
Additional midterms can be found
on HKN. cs150
exams @ HKN.
9-23-2005
The first midterm is going to
be in 125 Cory (in lab) on 9/28
at 1:00 PM. Please arrive early to be sitted.
Designed to be an one hour exam, but we're allowing you to use the entire 80 minutes.
Bring a pencil and eraser. You won't be needing a bluebook.
No calculator, PDAs, laptops. But,
One 8.5x11" two-sided crib sheet is allowed.
Labs will not be canceled. The labs due dates will remain unchanged.
9-22-2005
The verilog files for the lab
and project files are now password protected. Use your web username /
password to login.
9-19-2005
I have made all requests for lab changes. Your current lab section should show up when checking your grades. If this is wrong, then send me an e-mail.
Some of the documents in the documents page are confidential. To access them, use your web username and login.
Please pick up your graded homeworks, quizzes, and labs in the gray homework cabinet. It is located straight in the back if you walk through the main 125 Cory door.
9-19-2005
Grades are now online. Your username is your lab computer login; your password is your SID. E-mail Po-kai if you encounter any problems. Note: this system is not real-time. Don't e-mail me asking why your assignment grade isn't online right after you turned in your check-off sheet.
If you can not access U:\, e-mail the code you are working on to yourself. If you need files on U:\ that you have stored there previously, then try logging into another computer. We are working on a fix right now.
Don't expect to be checked off during any lab section other than your own. Checkoff can also be done during your TA's office hours.
If you don't already have a lab/project partner in mind, start looking for one. We require partners for labs 4 and 5 and for the project. Reminder: your lab partner MUST be in the same lab section as you. You can take advantage of the newsgroup if you don't have a partner.
9-18-2005
Web Cast:
Web casting is now
available for lab lectures 1 and 2 on the calendar
page.
1. They are only viewable using Internet Explorer
2.
Lab Lecture 2 does not have slides associated with it, slides are
available on the course calendar page
3. Future Lab Lectures may
or may not be webcast
9-15-2005
Couple of reminders:
Homework is due weekly at 2:10PM in the cs150 homework box. The homework box is located below the cs150 display case outside 125 Cory.
You only have full access to C:\users\your login (C:\users\cs150-xxxxxxxx) and U:\. If your CAD tools complain about access permissions, there is a good chance that you stored your project elsewhere.
Two reasons why you don't want to
run a project directly off U:\ :
1. It is off
some remote network drive so it's slow.
2.
You only have a limited amount of space on it. Labs will probably
fit, but later, checkpoints probably won't.
And again, don't
forget to copy your verilog files back to U:\ before you log off.
You don't need all the other files that Xilinx generates, although
if you save the .ise file (project file), you can copy that so you
don't need to recreate your project again.
Check the (Google) newsgroups often. Some of you are asking questions that have been already answered on the newsgroups.
There has been some slight shuffling of OH and there could be a possibly of some more change. Be sure to check the schedule if you are planning on coming in for OH.
9-14-2005
Grades are now accessible
online. Not every grade is up in the database yet. Go to OH or Lab to
ask a TA for your password. If something is wrong, tell us in person.
Do not e-mail us; the online gradebook is a work in progress and we
most likely already know something is wrong.
9-13-2005
If you still don't have cardkey
access to 125 Cory, please head over to 387 Soda or 253 Cory to
obtain access. They already have the student enrollment list in their
database.
9-12-2005
There has been a change to the
website's organization. E-mail Po-kai if you have problems accessing
any portion of the website.
9-8-2005
A minor change to the
documentation for Lab 1 has been made. Page 7 has been updated to
account for the newest version of Xilinx.
9-2-2005
If you wanted to switch lab
sections and you filled in the lab section switch request form during
lab lecture, go to your preferred lab next week. Otherwise, if you
are an extension student, show up to the Thursday lab or if you are
an enrolled/waitlisted student, show up to the lab you are in
according to Telebears. Check the lab assignments here. Notice the
small number of students in the Thursday section. E-mail Po-kai if
you can switch to that section.
9-2-2005
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