ELEC 2607

         Switching Circuits

               Winter 2009   Picture to scare you into doing the prelab

                     Last updated Jan 16, 2009

 Lecture and Lab Sections for Registration for 2009W

Lecture Notes  For 2009W.
Texts and References
Course Outline
Course Regulations  for 2009W
     Course Regulations, Abridged Highlights  for 2009W
     Calendar Description
     Mark Weightings for 2009

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

Labs
   Detailed Lab Schedule With Deadlines etc. for 2009W
   List Showing Lab Times, TAs, and Number of Students
   Lab Partners
   Switching Lab Days
   Lab Sheets and Instructions for 2009 
   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.


Exams
     Old Exams Mostly with solutions.
     This years Midterm (where, when etc)



Lecture and Lab Sections for 2009 Registration


CNR
 Subj
 Coordinator: John Knight,  Room 5144 ME     Office hours: open door policy roughly 10:00-16:30        
10606  ELEC  2607  A 0.50 credits  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 05, 2009  Apr 07, 2009  MonWed 10:05 am - 11:25 am  Room   4499ME Mackenzie
  Instructor:  John Knight,  Room 5144 ME    Office hours: open door policy .     
10611  ELEC  2607  B 0.50 credits Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
Jan 05, 2009  Apr 07, 2009 TueThur  10:05 am - 11:25 am  Room   4499ME Mackenzie
  Instructor:  John Knight,  Room 5144 ME    Office hours: open door policy ..
10615  ELEC  2607  C 0.50 credits Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
Jan 05, 2009  Apr 07, 2009 WedFri  2:35pm - 4:00pm  Room   101 Azrieli Theatre
  Instructor:  John Rogers,  Room  7074MC       Office hours  
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   Final Exam    Monday, April 13, 2009;  14:00hrs
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   Labs
10607  ELEC  2607  L1O  O means odd weeks Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 19, 2009  Mar 23, 2009   Mon  odd 02:35 pm - 5:25 pm  Room 4275 ME 
10608  ELEC  2607  L2E  E means even weeks Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 15, 2009  Mar 19, 2009  Thur even  11:35 am - 2:25 pm  Room 4275 ME
10609  ELEC  2607  L3O  O means odd weeks Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 20, 2009  Mar 24, 2009   Tu  odd 02:35 pm - 5:25 pm  Room 4275 ME 
10610  ELEC  2607  L4E  E means even weeks Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 16, 2009  Mar 20, 2009  Fri even  11:35 am - 2:25 pm Room 4275 ME
10612 ELEC  2607  L5O  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 23, 2009  Mar 27, 2009   Fri  odd  08:35 am - 11:25 am   Room 4275 ME 
10613 ELEC  2607  L6E  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 13, 2009  Mar 17, 2009  Tue even  02:35 pm - 5:25 pm   Room 4275 ME
10614  ELEC  2607  L7O  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 20, 2009  Mar 24, 2009   Tue odd  11:35 am - 2:25 pm  Room 4275 ME
10618 ELEC  2607  L8E  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 14, 2009  Mar 18, 2009  Wed even 11:35 am - 2:25 pm  Room 4275 ME
10616  ELEC  2607  L9O  Switching Circuits  Main Campus 
  Jan 22, 2009 Mar 26, 2009   Thur odd 02:35 pm - 5:25 pm  Room 4275ME
10617  ELEC  2607  L0E  Should be called L10E Switching Circuits  Main Campus
  Jan 12, 2009  Mar  16, 2009  Mon even 11:35 am - 2:25 pm   Room 4275ME


Timetable showing Day vs Period

  Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri
8:30-930          L5O odd
9:30-10:30 10:00 /Lect SEC A 10:00 /Lect SEC B 10:00 /Lect SEC A 10:00 /Lect SEC B  L5O
10:30-11:30 Lect SEC A Lect SEC B Lect SEC A Lect SEC B  L5O
11:30-12:30  L0E even  L7O odd  L8E even  L2E even    L4E even
12:30-1:30  L0E  L7O  L8E  L2E    L4E
1:30-2:30  L0E  L7O  L8E  L2E    L4E
2:30-3:30  L1O odd  L3O odd  L6E even Lect SEC C Lect SEC C  L9O  odd   
3:30-4:30  L1O  L3O  L6E Lect SEC C/till 4:00 Lect SEC C/ till 4 L9O  
4:30-5:30  L1O  L3O  L6E     L9O  


Lab Schedule Details for 2009

  Labs will be in  4275 Mackenzie Engineering.  This is in the centre of the block. 
Wk Month      Days in Week  2009
     MTWTF		 Lab odd or
even
Labs Due;
 Comments		  Room
0 Jan       - - 1- 2
 
 
 
 Last chance for fun  
1 Jan      5- - - 9 
 
 
Preparation
Logon to Moodle, do murderous prelab
  
  Jan    7-8-9  Optional lab help;
Moodle help, Prelab help
  4275ME
2 Jan      12- - -16   Lab 1 even   Phone Sw Report due Jan 19 - -23
Jan 15=  last day for lab exemption requests.
Jan 16=last day for course changes 		4275ME
3 Jan      19 - - -23  Lab 1 odd  Phone Sw Report due Jan 26 - -30
Last day to withdraw for full fee refund		 4275ME
4 Jan      26 - - -30
 Lab 2 even   Adder Report due Feb  2 - - 6 4275ME
5 Feb       2 - - - 6  Lab 2 odd  Adder 
 Report due Feb 9 - -13 4275ME
6 Feb       9 - - -13 Lab 3  even T-bird Report due Feb 23 - -27
 Midterms Mar 4&5, in class 		4275ME
  Feb      16 - - - 20 Break     Study! open-book exams are rough
7 Feb      23 - - -27 Lab 3  odd  T-bird

Report Mar., 2- - -6

 4275ME
8 Mar       2 - - - 6 Lab 4a even Midi-a In class midterms Mar 4, A&C; Mar 5, B 4275ME
9 Mar       9 - - -13 Lab 4a odd Midi-a   Fri., Mar 6 = last day to drop course   4275ME
10 Mar      16 - - -20 Lab 4b even        Midi-b Report due Mar 23- - -27 4275ME
11 Mar      23 - - -27 Lab 4b odd Midi-b Report due Mar/Apr   30- - 3 4275ME
12 Mar
Apr		      30 - - - 3   late lab help Even week reports late; odd reports due  
  April    6-7 Rev Days
      10 holiday		  Review lecture Apr 7, to be confirmed.   Late labs not accepted after April 7, 2009.
reducing the 1 week 'free late' extension for some.
  April      8 - 27
   Apr ?,
Examination period
Review session Apr tba
 
  April    Monday 13,  14:00hrs
Final exam A, B & C.
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 on or before 16:00 hrs. April 7, 2009
      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, you may apply for a lab exemption but only up to Jan 15, 2009.
  • If you have applications from the Paul Menton Centre, submit these requests on or before Jan 16, 2009.
  • If you will not be able to write the midterm or final on certain days, make this known before Jan 16, 2009.
  • 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 Thursday or Friday, Jan 8 or 9, 2009 at 10:00.

    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 dates are Wed.  March 4 Sect A, Thur March 5 Sect B, and Fri March 6 Sect C,   the 2nd week after break.
    Seating for 2009 midterm 

    Lab Partners

    Lab Partner and Slot Choice for 2009

    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:
      • How much time do you expect to spend writing reports?
      • Do you live in Kanata because I live in Orleans?
      • Can you read my Wordperfect® files on your PC.
      • How did you like the Physic's labs?
    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 2009

    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, do no problems and never show up in class, you need at least  44% on the midterm.
         If you get 90% in the labs, and do no problems and almost always skip class, you need at least  37% on the midterm.
        You have to be a real slacker for this rule to come into play!
    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 during his lecture times. Also, if the lab is running, he is often 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  (Subject to revision)
        Ask Prof Rogers questions after his lectures either in the lecture hall, or upon his return to his office in 7074 ME. To make an apointment email him.

    DeMorgan's Theorem and "Neither food nor beverages"
       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.