ELEC 2607, 

         Switching Circuits 

               Winter 2008  Picture to scare you into doing the prelab

                     Last updated Jan 4, 2008

Lecture and Lab Sections for Registration for 2008W

Lecture Notes  For 2008W.
Texts and References

Things to Do Immediately
        Review sessions
April 9, 1:00-3:30 5050 MC Knight, All welcome.
April 15, 1:00-5:00 3380 ME Ray. All welcome.

Course Outline
Course Regulations  for 2008W
     Calendar Description
     Mark Weightings for 2008

Moodle
     Moodle is a course administartion program like WebCT. It will be essential to use during the course.
     Establish an account soon. Moodle Login

Exams
     Old Exams
     This years Midterm


Labs
   Detailed Lab Schedule With Deadlines etc. for 2008W
   Lab Partners
   Switching Lab Days
   Lab Sheets and Instructions for 2008, but there will be some more changes. 
   Lab Health and Safety. All students are required to read the lab rules and the Carleton Health and Safety Document
   Lab Exemptions  How to apply, guidelines, how to check if you were excused.


Lecture and Lab Sections for Registration (These are for 2008)

CNR
 Subj
 Coordinator: John Knight,  Room 5144 ME     Office hours: open door policy roughly 10:00-16:30        
11383  ELEC  2607  B 0.50 credits  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 07, 2008  Apr 07, 2008  MonWed 1:05 pm - 2:25 pm  Room  5050 Minto
  Instructor:  John Knight,  Room 5144 ME    Office hours: open door policy .     
11378  ELEC  2607  A 0.50 credits Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
Jan 07, 2008  Apr 07, 2008 MonWed  1:05 pm - 2:25 pm  Room  3380 Mackenzie
  Instructor:  Tom Ray,  Room 4146 ME      Office hours : Mon/Wed after his lectures.
   Labs
11381  ELEC  2607  L3O  O means odd weeks Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 22, 2008  Mar 25, 2008   Tu  odd 08:35 am - 11:25 am  Room 4275 ME 
11382  ELEC  2607  L4E  E means even weeks Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 15, 2008  Mar 18, 2008  Tu even  08:35 am - 11:25 am  Room 4275 ME
11384  ELEC  2607  L5O  0.00  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 23, 2008  Mar 26, 2008   W odd  08:35 am - 11:25 am  Room 4275 ME 
11385  ELEC  2607  L6E  0.00  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 16, 2008  Mar 19, 2008  W even  08:35 am - 11:25 am  Room 4275 ME
11386  ELEC  2607  L7O  0.00  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 24, 2008  Mar 27, 2008   Thur odd  08:35 am - 11:25 am  Room 4275 ME
11390  ELEC  2607  L8E  0.00  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 17, 2008  Mar 20, 2008  Thur even 08:35 am - 11:25 am  Room 4275 ME
11388  ELEC  2607  L9O  0.00 Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 25, 2008 Mar 28, 2008   F odd 08:35 am - 11:25 am Room 4275 ME
11389  ELEC  2607  L0E  Should be called L10E Switching Circuits  Main Campus
  Jan 18, 2008  Mar  28, 2008  Fri even 08:35 am - 11:25 am  Room 4275 ME

 

Lab Schedule Details for 2008.

  Labs will be in  4275 Mackenzie Engineering.  This is in the centre of the block. 
Week  2008 
     MTWTF		 Lab Week 
Labs Due;
 Comments		  Room
  0         Jan          --2- 4
 
 
 
 Lab partner declaration  
  1         Jan         7- - -11 
 
 
Preparation
Moodle help, Prelab help
  
  Jan  9-10-11  Optional lab help  -
 
 
Moodle help, Prelab help
  4275ME
  2         Jan       14- - -18   Lab 1 even   Phone Sw Report due Jan 22 - -25
Jan 16=  last day for lab exemption requests.
Jan 18=last day for course changes 		4275ME
  3         Jan       21 - - -25  Lab 1 odd  Phone Sw             Report due Jan/Feb 29 - - 1 4275ME
  4     Jan/Feb     28 - - -1
 Lab 2 even   Adder Report due Feb  5 - -  9 4275ME
  5        Feb         4 - - -8  Lab 2 odd  Adder 
 Report due Feb12- -15 4275ME
  6        Feb        11- - -15 Lab 3  even T-bird Report due Feb/Mar 26 - - 29
 Midterms Mar 3, in class 		4275ME
         Feb         18- - - 22 Break Study! open-book exams are rough
  7     Feb          25 - - -29 Lab 3  odd  T-bird

Report Mar., 4- - -7

 4275ME
  8       Mar         3 - - --7      Lab 4a  even Midi-a In class midterms March 5 , 4275ME
  9       Mar        10 - - -14 Lab 4a odd Midi-a

  Fri., Mar 14 = last day to drop course   

 4275ME

 10      Mar        17- - 20 -
     Fri., March 21 is a holiday

 Lab 4b even        Midi-b Report due Mar 25- - -27
Fri, Mar 21st lab done next week, probably Mar 24
report due 1 week later 		4275ME
 11      Mar        24- - - 28 Lab 4b odd Midi-b Report due Apr    1- - 4 4275ME
 12    Mar/Apr   31- - -  4        late lab help Even week reports late; odd reports due  
            April  7
Rev Days  Apr 8-9 		 No Lecture Mon;  Review lecture Apr 9, Knight's Section. Prof Ray maybe.   Late labs not accepted after April 9, 2008. This shortens the 1 week 'free late' extension for some.
    April  11 - 29
    April 16, 9:00; 2607 exam
Examination period
Review session April 15, 1:00-5:00
3138 ME
Best of luck!
 

Reports are late after 16:00 hrs one week after the day your lab was scheduled.
    - After the dead line, your mark is multiplied by 0.7
    - After one week, your mark is multiplied by 0.4
    - After two week, your mark is multiplied by 0.25
    -  After four week, your mark is multiplied by 0.05
      However all reports must be submitted, and submitted on or before 16:00 hrs. April 9, 2008
      subject to any earlier course deadline.

Things to Do Immediately 

  • Establish a Moodle account soon. You can't do the next steps without one. Moodle Login
       You will have to have one to do the next three steps.
  • Register for a lab day. The labs start next week.
         This is rough. However you finish all labs two weeks early,  just when the work really piles up.
  • Choose a lab partner.
  • If you are repeating the course, apply for a lab exemption before Jan 16, 2008.
  • If you have applications from the Paul Menton Centre, submit these requests on or before Jan 18, 2008.
  • If you will not be able to write the midterm or final on certain days, make this known before Jan 18, 2008.
  • Download the 1st lab, The Telephone Switch Lab, and read it. It comes up very fast.
    If you need help on the prelab try room 5144ME 10:00 to 16:00 lecture times excepted, or come to the lab Friday, Jan 11, 2008 at 9:30.

    Midterm

    Midterm will be open book, and written in class. Studying methods for open book exams are quite different than for closed book exams.
    The midterm date is Wednesday, March 5, 2008 , the 2nd week after break.
    Seating for midterm

    • Lab Partners

    Lab Partner and Slot Choice for 2008

    1.   Students in 2607 work in groups of two.
          Groups of 3 are NOT allowed.
          Groups of 1 are tolerated, but if there is another single in the lab, you will be matched with them.
    2.   If you have someone you want to work with, register in the same laboratory section.
    3.   Each partner is responsible for certain sections of the lab report, which are identified by name.
      It is possible for you to get D (F?) on your sections and your partner to get A on theirs.
    4.   Divorce requires the agreement of both partners, and it also requires you both to find new partners.  It is much better to have a compatible partner.
         If you are choosing a partner "blind", ask questions:
    5.  If you are not sure about your partner, start working on the prelab together. The first prelab is so nasty, that if you can co-operate on that, you should be able to handle anything.
    6.  As soon as you and your partner have reached a mutual agreement, make your selection here
      ( Link directly to https://www.doe.carleton.ca/moodle/login/index.php )

    Mark Weightings for 2008

    Final exam                    60%          open book      Min 40% not withstanding your overall average
    Midterm                        20%          open book.    This will be returned to students. See the note below on minimum term work.
    Labs                             14%         groups of two.  All labs must be completed and an acceptable report submitted to pass  the course.
    Problems, class participation, misc.        6%          (20% if you are exempt from all labs.)  Also see the note below on term work.
    1. You must obtain  50% on your term work (midterm, labs, problems and class participation) to pass the course.
         Thus if you get 80% in the labs, and do no problems etc., you need at least  44% on the midterm.
         If you get 90% in the labs, and do no problems etc., you need at least  37% on the midterm.
    2. The final examination is for evaluation purposes only and will not be returned to students.
    3. All persons exempt from more than one lab are required to submit all assigned problems, including ones which
      other students were not required to hand in.
      Your average problem and class mark becomes your mark for the undone labs. Thus if you are exempt from
      all labs, your problems and class mark counts (14+6)% of your total mark.

    Health and Safety

    Read the lab rules.
    All students and TAs are required to read the University Health-And-Safety document.
    The parts that seems to especially apply to ELEC 2607 are:
    Sect 5 part a)  Neither food nor beverages are permitted in the lab.
    Sect 5 part i)  Know:
        Where the nearest fire extinguisher is. In the hallway beside the single door.
        The number for emergencies. It is 613-520-4444 or just 4444 on Carleton phones,
        Where a first aid kit is. There is one in 4257 ME beside the single door. However do not treat things yourself; go to
                HEALTH AND COUNSELLING SERVICES (building TT on the Campus Map)
                2600 Training and Technology Centre, 613-520-6674.
    Sect 6.3 part a) Clean up!

    FootNotes
    Studying for open book exams
      During the final exam, one student asked me, " Isn't there something special about two Karnaugh maps?"
      When I just smiled he said, "I guess that is part of the question isn't it? But you can tell me can't you?
    I could find it in the notes but it would take me fifteen minutes."

    For open-book exams, you need to understand methods and principles, and know how to use them. You also need to have your notes well indexed. Memorization must be selective, for example:
     
        You will not be asked  to state the Simplification Rule, A + XA =A,  and you are very unlikely to be asked to prove it, because you can copy it out of your notes. However, when doing logic, one should have learned to scan every line for obvious reductions using that rule. This can cut down the work required by a large amount.  Markers  have only a polite smile for people who don't use the Simplification Rule, and then write on their last page, "I knew how to do everything but the exam was so long I couldn't finish!"

    Open door policy
       Para Transpo usually gets Prof. Knight here somewhere between 9:20 and 10:15. He has to be downstairs to be picked up at 16:30 sharp. He is usually in his office, and if he is just getting coffee, in the washroom etc., his door will be open.  If you don't find him leave a note stating when you will be back, and he will try to be there. Note that he will not be there around the 11:30-13:00 and 14:30-16:00 lecture time on Monday and Wednesday. Also he often goes to to the lab for some time on lab mornings, so check there.
    If you come at 16:25, you will have to follow Prof. Knight downstairs to wait for Para. He will talk to you until they come, but he makes no predictions on how long that will be, except that the lower bound is less than zero.

    Office Hours
         Ask Prof Ray questions after his lectures either in the lecture hall, or upon his return to his office in 4146 ME. To make an apointment, try leaving a note on his door, and/or email him .

    DeMorgan's Theorem and Legal Jargon
       The original statement was "Food and beverages are not permitted in the lab.."  Logically, if F=Food, and B=Beverage, this statement means the expression   ~(F&B)   must be true. It would be true for  F,B=0,0 as intended.  However it would also be true for F,B = 0,1 (beverages only);  or  1,0 (food only) which is clearly not what was intended.  There is more on this in the section of notes on DeMorgan's Theorem, or see -
    Ronald B. Standler's humorous and informative site about English    , written by a real engineer who is also a lawyer.