6.111 Announcements
Weeks of November 29 and December 6, 2004
- Final to-do list:
- Tue, Wed (12/7 - 12/8): Project presentations
- Thu (12/9) @ 5pm: Project report due
- The schedule for the
final presentations has been posted. The
meetings will be in the 6.111 lab. The agenda is as follows:
- demonstration, checklist review
- discussion with each team member about their part of
the design
- videotaping a short segment about the project
- Please submit your final report as a PDF file (emailed to
cjt@mit.edu by 5pm on 12/9). The report is similar to the ones you
prepared for Labs 2 and 3. Material from the proposal can be
used. The Introduction and Summary sections can be joint efforts of
the project team, but the report must contain separate sections,
individually written, describing in some detail the subsystems for
which each partner is responsible. The information in the report will
be used when assigning points for problem definition, architecture,
and design. Each section of the report should indicate the
responsible author(s).
- Before turning in your lab kit, please remove any wires
and components from the protoboard and blank both of the FPGAs.
Thanks! Remember to turn in components that were ordered through
MIT.
Week of November 22, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon: Design presentations in 34-101, 1p - 2p
- In addition to the Design Presentations, each team should
prepare a checklist of specific deliverables for their project
and have the list approved by your TA. Please email the
checklist (after approval!) to cjt@mit.edu.
Week of November 15, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Wed, Fri: Design presentations in 34-101, 1p - 2p
- Wed: Checklist of deliverables due (email to cjt@mit.edu)
- Design presentations start Wednesday. Please see the
Final Projects webpage for a
detailed schedule.
- In addition to the Design Presentations, each team should
prepare a checklist of specific deliverables for their project
and have the list approved by your TA. Please email the
checklist (after approval!) to cjt@mit.edu.
Week of November 8, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Fri: Block Diagram Conference w/ TA (email PDF to cjt@mit.edu)
- Design presentations start a week from Wednesday. The
order of presentations will chosen at random and sent out at the
end of this week.
- This is the week you should nail down the details of your design and
if you need special parts get them ordered. The TA assigned to your team
will need approve any purchases made using course funds, so please talk to
him ASAP. If you're considering a parts order here are some
guidelines:
- check with Arlin to see if we already have an equivalent part in the
stockroom.
- make sure the part comes in a package that you can use (many parts now come
in surface mount packages which are hard/impossible to connect to the lab
kits).
- order a spare
- check that the parts are in stock and will arrive before Thanksgiving.
Parts arriving after Thanksgiving are unlikely to be useful in your project.
A good place to look is www.digikey.com.
- After approval by your TA, you can order the parts yourselves and
get reimbursed (we won't be able reimburse sales tax, sorry), or you can
have John Sweeney (5th floor instrument room) order the parts. For Digikey
orders, please get him your info by Wednesday so the parts will arrive by
Friday.
- there are only limited funds available, so your parts request should
be relatively modest.
Week of November 1, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon: Lab 3 final checkoff and report by 5pm
- Mon: Project Abstract due (email to cjt@mit.edu)
- Wed: Revised CI-M report due in 32-G886 @ 5pm
- Fri: Project Proposal Conference w/ TA (email PDF to cjt@mit.edu)
- After reading your CI-M reports, the Writing folks have prepared
a summary of common pitfalls and
suggested remedies.
- Each project team will be assigned a TA to support the team
throughout the project. The TAs will be sending email to their
teams to schedule the Project Proposal Conference.
Week of October 25, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon, Wed: lecture
- Mon: Project Teams due (email to cjt@mit.edu)
- Next Mon: Lab 3 final checkoff by 5pm (extension!)
- Next Mon: Project Abstract due (email to cjt@mit.edu)
- Next Wed: Revised CI-M report due in 32-G886 @ 5pm
- Next Fri: Project Proposal Conference w/ TA (email PDF to cjt@mit.edu)
- To accommodate those of you with heavy 6.004 commitments this week,
the deadline for submitting the Lab 3 report and completing the checkoff
has been extended to 5pm on Monday, November 1.
- Information on the Final Project has been issued.
- Wednesday is the last scheduled lecture for this
term. Note that we'll be meeting as class for the Project Design
Presentations the week before Thanksgiving.
- There will not be a Quiz #2 -- we'd rather you noodle away on
your Project Abstract and Proposal.
Week of October 18, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon, Wed: lecture
- Fri: Lab 3 analog checkoff by 5pm
- Next Mon: project teams due
- Information on the Final Project has been issued.
Week of October 11, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Wed, Fri: lecture
- Wed: CI-M report for Lab #2 due in class
- Work on Lab 3 (checkoffs on 10/22 and 10/29)
- Lab 3 has been issued. Checkoff of
the analog section should be completed by 5pm, 10/22. The report and
final checkoff are due by 5pm, 10/29.
Week of October 4, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon, Wed: lecture (don't forget the tutorial problems!)
- Finish Lab 2 (checkoff by 5pm, 10/8)
- Work on CI-M report for Lab #2 (due in class, 10/13)
- There is a Lab #2 checkoff sign-up sheet posted on the door of the
6.111 TA office (38-684).
- Quiz 1: average = 89, stddev = 13; solutions [PDF]
- Lab 2 has been issued. Checkoff should
be completed by 5pm, 10/8. The Lab 2 written report will be used to satisfy
the CI-M requirement and is due in class on 10/13. Guidelines for the report
can be found at the end of the lab handout and additional writing resources
are listed as part of the Lab 2 material. Please read the
Lab 2 FAQ/Errata for an important message
about initializing your lab kit's FPGAs.
- Lab 3 has been issued. Checkoff of
the analog section should be completed by 5pm, 10/22. The report and
final checkoff are due by 5pm, 10/29.
Week of September 27, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon, Wed: lecture (don't forget the tutorial problems!)
- Fri: Quiz 1
- Work on Lab 2 (checkoff by 5pm, 10/8)
- Quiz 1: average = 89, stddev = 13; solutions [PDF]
- Quiz 1 will be held in class on Friday, 10/1. It's closed-book and
the coverage is through Lecture 7 and Lab 1.
- Lab 2 has been issued. Checkoff should
be completed by 5pm, 10/8. The Lab 2 written report will be used to satisfy
the CI-M requirement and is due in class on 10/13. Guidelines for the report
can be found at the end of the lab handout and additional writing resources
are listed as part of the Lab 2 material. Please read the
Lab 2 FAQ/Errata for an important message
about initializing your lab kit's FPGAs.
Week of September 20, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon, Wed: lecture (don't forget the tutorial problems!)
- Finish Lab 1 (checkoff by 5pm, this Friday, 9/24)
- Please checkoff Lab #1 exercises as you complete them so we don't have an
impossible rush on Friday. Remember to consult
FAQ/Errata for Lab 1. There is a sign-up
sheet for Friday afternoon checkoffs posted on the door of the 6.111 TA office
(38-684).
- Lab 2 has been issued. Checkoff should
be completed by 5pm, 10/8. The Lab 2 written report will be used to satisfy
the CI-M requirement and is due in class on 10/13. Guidelines for the report
can be found at the end of the lab handout and additional writing resources
are listed as part of the Lab 2 material. Please read the
Lab 2 FAQ/Errata for an important message
about initializing your lab kit's FPGAs.
- Quiz 1 will be held in class on Friday, 10/1. It's closed-book and
the coverage is through Lecture 7 and Lab 1.
Week of September 13, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Mon, Wed, Fri: lecture (don't forget the tutorial problems!)
- Continue work on Lab 1 (checkoff by 5pm, 9/24)
- Please take a quick look at the FAQ/Errata for Lab 1 -- it's a good place to check first if you have a question about getting started in the lab.
- We'll be staffing the lab starting Monday, 9/13. Please see
Lab Hours for a detailed schedule.
Week of September 6, 2004
- This week's to-do list:
- Starting Friday, 9/10, lectures will be held in 34-101
- The first meeting of 6.111 will be at lecture on Wednesday,
9/8 at 1p in 12-142. Note there are no Tuesday recitations
as listed in the Registrar's Subject Listing & Schedule.
Consult the Course calendar
for schedule of lectures, labs and quizzes.
- Please take a moment to read the
Course info page which describes course mechanics and policies.
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