EE388 Laboratory Grading Policy

Spring Semester 2000

Pre-Lab(30 Points) Pre-Lab must be done before the lab period. You are responsible for showing me your Pre-Lab during the first 30 minutes of lab. If you do not show me your Pre-Lab you will receive a zero for the entire lab, not just the Pre-Lab.

Pre-Lab includes the following :

- Hand calculations

- Hand drawn graphs

- Explanatory notes

- PSpice simulations

- PSpice results (numerical results and graphs)

- PSpice documentation should include enough information so that someone could repeat your simulations.

- Tables comparing hand calculations to PSpice results

- Anything else that may be important for any particular lab

Laboratory Results (35 Points) - Every lab has a check sheet of required measurements. You must make all the measurements and have me sign your check sheet. If you have signatures for all measurements you will receive the 35 points.

Laboratory results must include :

- Scope traces

- All scope settings

- Measured from what circuit (show circuit diagram)

- Where measured in the circuit

- Channel A is what? Channel B is what?

- Why measured

- Numerical Values

- For transistor circuits, always include bias measurements. Compare the measurements to calculated and PSpice results in a table.

- Give circuit diagrams for all circuits used in the lab.

- Paste all relevant data sheets in your notebook.

NOTEBOOK GRADE (35 Points) - Your notebook will be graded in the following lab period. We will have a conference to discuss your notebook. Plan on a 15 minute session. You are responsible for getting me to have the conference with you. If you fail to have a conference during the next lab period you will receive a zero for the lab.

In the conference we will discuss the quality of your notebook. This will include:

- Quality of Pre-Lab presentation

- Explanatory notes - could someone reproduce your results with the information in your notebook.

- Explanation of procedure

- Tables comparing measured, calculated, and PSpice results.

- Presentation of results (graphs, scope traces, PSpice, Etc.)