Progress
This page lists the material and assignments for each week in the semester. We update the contents on at least a weekly basis. For the past weeks, it a record of what we have done. For the current week, watch out for updates and changes.
| Finals Week : Dec. 15 – Dec. 19 | |
| Exams | Final Exam – Fri. Dec. 19 – 9:40 to 11:40am |
| Week 15 : Dec. 8 – Dec. 12 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 26: Final Exam Review |
| Special Topic: Evolution of Software Professional | |
| Special TopicSanjay Rajopadhye – Computer Architecture | |
| Assignments | PA10: LC-3 Assembler (due Dec. 12) |
| Recitations | R15: C Programming Practice (Answer Key) |
| iClicker | Survey Quiz: Course Questionnaire (in-class Dec. 11) |
| Reading | No reading assignment this week. |
| Week 14 : Dec. 1 – Dec. 5 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 24: Special Topic: Software Engineering |
| Lecture 25: Special Topic: C Versus C++ | |
| Assignments | PA10: LC-3 Assembler (due Dec. 11) |
| Recitations | R14: LC-3 Assembler Help Session |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 12: More C Programming (in-class Dec. 4) |
| Reading | No reading assignment this week. |
| Week 13 : Nov. 17 – Nov. 21 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 22: Chapter 19 – C Data Structures |
| Lecture 23: Chapter 18 – C Input/Output | |
| Recitations | R13: LC-3 Assembler Help Session |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 11: C Input/Output/Structs (in-class Nov. 20) |
| Assignments | PA9A: C Utilities Exercise (due Nov. 20) |
| PA9B: C Symbol Table (due Nov. 20) | |
| Reading | Chapter 18 (pp. 481-493); Chapter 19 (pp. 497-507) |
| Week 12 : Nov. 10 – Nov. 14 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 21: Chapter 16 – C Pointers and Arrays |
| Recitations | R12: C Programming Exercise |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 10: C Programming Errors (in-class Nov. 13) |
| Assignments | PA9A: C Utilities Exercise (due Nov. 20) |
| PA9B: C Symbol Table (due Nov. 20) | |
| Reading | Chapter 16 (pp. 427-445) |
| Week 11 : Nov. 3 – Nov. 7 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 18: Chapter 14 – C Functions |
| Lecture 19: Chapter 15 – C Debugging | |
| Lecture 20: Chapter 17 – C Recursion | |
| Recitations | R11: LC-3 Stack Exercise |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 9: C Programming (in-class Nov. 6) |
| Assignments | PA8: Recursion in C and LC-3 (due Nov. 9) |
| Reading | Chapter 14 (pp. 379-385); Chapter 15 (browse); Chapter 17 (pp. 457-473) |
| Week 10 : Oct. 27 – Oct. 31 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 16: Chapter 10 – Finally the stack! |
| Lecture 17: The Memory Model | |
| Recitations | R10: Help Session for PA7 |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 8: Stack Protocol (in-class Oct. 30) |
| Assignments | PA7: More Assembly Required (due Nov. 2) |
| Reading | Chapter 10 (pp. 251-258) |
| Week 9 : Oct. 20 – Oct. 24 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 13: Chapter 6 – LC-3 Programming |
| Lecture 14: Chapter 8 – LC-3 Input/Output | |
| Lecture 15: Chapter 9 – LC-3 Traps/Functions | |
| Recitations | R9: LC-3 Input and Output |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 7: More LC-3 Programming (in-class Oct. 23) |
| Assignments | PA6: Some Assembly Required (due Oct. 26) |
| Reading | Chapter 8 (pp. 199-217); Chapter 9 (pp. 219-235) |
| Week 8 : Oct. 13 – Oct. 17 | |
| Lectures | Midterm Review: Everything you need to know! |
| Recitations | R8: LC-3 More Programming |
| iClicker | No peer instruction this week |
| Assignments | PA6: Some Assembly Required (due Oct. 26) |
| Reading | No reading assignment this week. |
| Exams | Midterm - Thu. Oct. 16 (during class) |
| Week 7 : Oct. 6 – Oct. 10 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 11: Chapter 5 – The LC-3 Computer |
| Lecture 12: Chapter 7 – LC-3 Assembly Code | |
| Recitations | R7: LC-3 Programming Introduction |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 6: LC-3 Programming (in-class Oct. 9) |
| Assignments | HW3: Logisim State Machine (due Oct. 12) |
| Reading | Chapter 5 (pp 123-145); Chapter 7 (pp 177-190) |
| Week 6 : Sep. 29 – Oct. 3 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 10: Chapter 4 – Von Neumann Architecture |
| Lecture 11: Chapter 5 – The LC-3 Computer | |
| Recitations | R6: Makefiles; C Data Structures |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 5: Memory and LC-3 Architecture (in-class Oct. 2) |
| Assignments | PA5: Simulating Digital Logic (due Oct. 5) |
| Reading | Chapter 4 (pp 97-111); Chapter 5 (pp 115-122) |
| Week 5 : Sep. 22 – Sep. 26 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 8: Chapter 3 – Sequential Logic |
| Lecture 9: Chapter 3 – State Machines | |
| Recitations | R5: More Logisim |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 4: Logic and State Machines (in-class Sep. 25) |
| Assignments | HW2: Combinational Circuits (due Sep. 28) |
| Reading | Chapter 3 (pp 64-82) |
| Week 4 : Sep. 14 – Sep. 19 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 6: Chapter 3 – Transistors |
| Lecture 7: Chapter 3 – Combinational Logic | |
| Recitations | R4: Introduction to Logisim |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 3: C Programming and Transistors (in-class Sep. 18) |
| Assignments | PA4: Floating Point Math (due Sep. 21) |
| Reading | Chapter 3 (pp 51-64) |
| Week 3 : Sep. 8 – Sep. 12 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 4: Chapter 12 – Variables and Operators |
| Lecture 5: Chapter 13 – Control Structures | |
| Recitations | R3: C Debugging Exercise |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 2: More Number Representation (in-class Sep. 11) |
| Assignments | PA3: Bit Fields in C (due Sep. 14) |
| Reading | Chapter 12 (pp. 307-337) |
| Week 2 : Sep. 1 – Sep. 5 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 3: Chapter 2 – Numerical Representation |
| Recitations | R2: Numerical Representation Lab |
| iClicker | Peer Instruction 1: Numerical Representation (in-class Sep. 4) |
| Assignments | HW1: Number Crunching (due Sep. 7) |
| PA2: Number Conversion (due Sep. 7) | |
| Reading | Chapter 2 (pp 21-42); Chapter 12 (pp. 307-337) |
| Number Systems and Radix Conversion | |
| Week 1 : Aug. 25 – Aug. 29 | |
| Lectures | Lecture 1: Chapter 1 – Welcome Aboard |
| Lecture 2: Chapter 11 – Programming in C | |
| Recitations | R1: C Programming Tutorial |
| iClicker | Practice Quiz: Not Graded (in-class Aug. 28) |
| Assignments | PA1: Introduction to C (due Aug. 31) |
| Reading | Chapter 1 (pp 1-16); Chapter 11 (pp. 289-304) |
