CSSE 132 Fall 2021-2022 Schedule
For meeting times, go see the syllabus.
Assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise specified. Practice problems (PP) are pulled from the Bryant & O'Hallaron text. They are ungraded, but solutions are available in the book.
C Practice exercises are due weekly with homework and are available on the CloudCoder website.
Schedule
| Session | Topics | Read Before Class | What's Due | Extra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0 | Thu, Mar 11 | Course Overview | |||
| Week 1 | Mon, Mar 15 | Representing Numbers | BO 2.1.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3 | BO 2.1-2.3 PP 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 | |
| Tue, Mar 16 | Boolean Logic | BO 2.1.6 | Homework 1, CloudCoder | BO 2.1 CODF 5 PP 2.8 Git Practice | |
| Wed, Mar 17 | Lab 1 | Prelab 1 | |||
| Thu, Mar 18 | Combinational Logic | BO 4.2.1, 4.2.2 Logic Handout | BO 4.2 PH B.3 CODF 8 | ||
| Week 2 | Mon, Mar 22 | Adders and ALUs | BO 2.3.1-2.3.4 PH B.5 | ||
| Tue, Mar 23 | ALU Practice | Xilinx Intro (video) | Homework 2 CloudCoder | PH B.4 | |
| Wed, Mar 24 | Lab 2: Making an ALU | Xilinx Adder (video) | Prelab 2 | ||
| Thu, Mar 25 | Sequential Logic | BO 4.2.5 | PH B.8 CODF 10 | ||
| Week 3 | Mon, Mar 29 | Addressing | BO 2.1.3 | Lab 2 | |
| Tue, Mar 30 | Memory Hierarchy | BO 6.1.1-6.1.3 | BO 6.1-6.3 PP 6.2, 6.3 | ||
| Wed, Mar 31 | Lab 3: Linux | Bring your Pi And Ethernet Cable w/ adapter | Homework 3 CloudCoder | Linux Commands | |
| Thu, Apr 1 | Assembly | ARM handout ARM Examples | |||
| Week 4 | Mon, Apr 5 | Assembly (cont.) | Lab 3 | ||
| Tue, Apr 6 | C Programming | KR 1 C handout | |||
| Wed, Apr 7 | Exam 1 | Review Guide Sample Exam (Partial Solution) (Video Partial Walkthrough) | |||
| Thu, Apr 8 | Pointers and Arrays | BO 3.8.1-3.8.3, 3.9.1, 3.10.1 | BO 3.10 KR 5, 6 PP 3.36, 3.41.A-B | ||
| Week 5 | Mon, Apr 12 | Pointers and Arrays (cont.) | |||
| Tue, Apr 13 | Procedures and the Stack | BO 3.7.1 | Homework 4 CloudCoder | Stack Writeup | |
| Wed, Apr 14 | Lab 4: Operating the Machine | Demo | |||
| Thu, Apr 15 | Spring Break | ||||
| Week 6 | Mon, Apr 19 | Memory Allocation | BO 3.7.4, 9.9.0-9.9.2 | BO 3.7, 9.9 KR 8.7 | |
| Tue, Apr 20 | Lab 5: Managing Memory | Prelab 5 Lab 5 (11:59pm) CloudCoder | Debugging Segfaults | ||
| Wed, Apr 21 | Data Representation | BO 2.4.1 | BO 2.4 KR 2.2 PP 2.45, 2.46 | ||
| Thu, Apr 22 | Stack and Heap Practice | Homework 5 | Stack/Heap Practice | ||
| Week 7 | Mon, Apr 26 | Processing Data | |||
| Tue, Apr 27 | Exam 2 | Review Guide Sample Exam (Partial Solution) (Video Review Guide) | |||
| Wed, Apr 28 | IO | BO 10.1-10.4 | |||
| Thu, Apr 29 | IO (cont.) | BO 10.8-10.11 | KR 7.5, 7.7, 8.1, 8.2 | ||
| Week 8 | Mon, May 3 | Exam 2 wrapper | |||
| Tue, May 4 | Lab 6: IO | Lab 6 (11:59pm) | |||
| Wed, May 5 | The Internet | BO 11.0-11.2 | |||
| Thu, May 6 | Socket Programming | BO 11.3-11.4 | Homework 6 | ||
| Week 9 | Mon, May 10 | Socket Programming (cont.) | BO 11.3-11.4 | ||
| Tue, May 11 | Lab 7: Client/Server | Prelab 7 | |||
| Wed, May 12 | Practice C | Find the code in your Git repo | |||
| Thu, May 13 | Coding Review | Homework 7 | |||
| Week 10 | Mon, May 17 | Our Little Internet | Lab 7 | ||
| Tue, May 18 | Lab 8 | Practice Problems (Solutions) | |||
| Wed, May 19 | Course Wrap-Up | ||||
| Thu, May 20 | Final Exam Review | ||||
| Finals Week | Final exam TBD Review Guide | ||||