ECE 471 --- Microprocessor Applications Engineering

Fall 2008

Professor: R. Eason, 207 Barrows, 581-2242, eason@eece.maine.edu
Office Hours: noon - 1pm, M-F
 

Prerequisite: ECE 171 or ECE 271
Credits: 3 credits --- 2 design credits
Grading:

• +/-- grades
• Grades are based on the following:
  • Homework and Labs -- 30%
  • Two tests (about Oct. 7 and Nov. 20) -- 45%
  • Final -- 25%
• No make-up for missed exams.  Plan to be there.
• Credit will be deducted for: Late homework or labs, unexcused lab cuts, excessive class cuts (note that 2 cuts = 1 week of class; much material is only available from class notes).

Handouts: There will be quite a few of them --- try to organize them.

Labs: We will have a number of labs. A lab sheet describing each lab will be handed out prior to the lab. Both the lab sheet and your work must be stapled or taped in your spiral bound, or equivalent, notebook. This is to be turned in when the lab is completed and checked off by the Teaching Assistant.

In order to handle more people with our lab facilities and give practice in working in a software development team, there will be two-person groups whenever possible. Each person should maintain his/her own notebook, but only one will be checked. Each person should have an equal share in preparing and performing each lab.

Lab grades: If you do a good job in performing the assignment as given on the lab sheet then you will get a 90 on the lab. If your lab is not fully functional or your write-up is not up to snuff, then you will get less than 90. To get more than 90 you must go beyond what the assignment calls for.

Tests & Calculators: Calculators will neither be needed nor allowed on tests.

Accommodation: If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, please contact either your instructor or Ann Smith, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities (Onward Building, 581- 2319), as early as possible in the term.