ECE 250 Laboratory Grading Policy 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 Place all hand calculation results in a table so I can easily see all calculations If you have 10 pages of calculations a table at the end of the calculations section will make it very easy to see your work Hand drawn graphs Explanatory notes PSpice simulations PSpice results numerical results and graphs PSpice documentation should include enough information so that someone else could repeat your simulations Tables comparing hand calculations to PSpice results Printouts from MathCAD or Maple 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 for each measurement If you have signatures for all measurements you will receive the 35 points Laboratory results must include Scope traces hand drawn or printout All scope settings Measured from what circuit show circuit diagram Where measured in the circuit Channel 1 is what Channel 2 is what Why measured Numerical values Give circuit diagrams for all circuits used in the lab Give all figures numbers and refer to those numbers in your book Paste all relevant data sheets in your notebook NOTEBOOK GRADE 35 Points Your notebook will be graded during the following lab period We will have a conference to discuss your notebook You are responsible for having the conference with me 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 Always use a pen when writing in your lab notebook Pencil writing can be erased If I see any pencil writing I will erase it and assume that you did not do that part of the lab Each pencil mark I find will reduce your grade by 1 point Never use white out Each use of white out I find will reduce your grade by 1 point Explanatory notes could someone reproduce your results with the information in your notebook Explanation of procedure Initial and date each completed page in your notebook Tables comparing measured calculated and PSpice results Presentation of results graphs scope traces PSpice Etc Your notebook should have a summary section for each lab The summary should be neat and very readable You should have tables that summarize calculated measured and PSpice results I should be able to easily find any measurement and see how it compares to measured PSpice and calculated numbers If it takes me more than a few seconds to find a result in the summary I will assume that you did not make the measurement Your notebook may be disorganized but the summary should have all the important information presented in a report like fashion
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