The total mark will be the sum of the marks obtained in the different tasks of the subject.

The mark of each one of the theoretical exams has to be equal or greater than 5 over 10 in order to pass the subject.

The global mark of the laboratory guided practices has to be equal or greater than 5 over 10 in order to pass the subject.

The mark of the practical work has to be equal or greater than 5 over 10 in order to pass the subject.

All the students, both those who follow the subject continuously and those who want to be assessed in the final exam at the end of the term or at the end of the year (second opportunity), will have to do the tasks described in the previous section.

The students that do not attend classes regularly will also have to do the same tasks as the students who attend classes.

The final mark will be expressed in numerical form ranging from 0 to 10, according to the valid regulation (Royal decree 1125/2003 of 5 September; BOE 18 September).

Following the guidelines of the degree the students will be offered two assessment systems: continuous assessment and final assessment at the end of the term.

CONTINUOUS ASSESMENT:

The students are considered to have chosen the continuous assessment when they have done 2 laboratory practices and/or have sat the first theoretical examination.

The students who want to be assessed in the continuous assessment can only miss two sessions as a maximum. If they miss more than 2 sessions, it will be compulsory to do an additional individual task or an examination.

The students that have chosen continuous assessment, but do not pass the course, will have to do the final assessment at the end of the year (second opportunity), that is, will have to repeat all the tasks, included those that had passed.

The students that pass the course by means of continuous assessment will not be allowed to repeat any task in the final assessment in order to improve the mark.

The different tasks should be delivered in the date specified by the teacher, otherwise they will not be assessed for the continuous assessment.

The students will develop the theoretical exercises, the laboratory practices and the laboratory projects in groups of two students during the continuous assessment.

FINAL ASSESMENT:

The students that opt for the final assessment will have to do all the theoretical and practical tasks and the project individually.

The tasks for the final assessment have to be delivered before the official date of the examination set by the faculty.

In case the students pass the four tasks (mark of each task >= 5), the final mark (FM) will be the weighted sum of the marks of each part of the subject:

FM = 0'25 * TE1 + 0'25 * TE2 + 0'25 * LP + 0'25 * AP

In case the students do not pass any of the four tasks of the subject(mark of some task < 5), the final mark (FM) will be:

FM = Minimum [4'5; (0'25 * TE1 + 0'25 * TE2 + 0'25 * LP + 0'25 * AP) ]

Being:

TE1 = First partial theoretical examination.

TE2 = Second partial theoretical examination.

LP = Global mark of the guided Laboratory Practices corresponding to the lessons 1 to 5.

AP = Laboratory Autonomous Project.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA.

1) Theoretical examinations.

The first theoretical examination will be scheduled around the sixth week of classes in the place and date determined by the professors and the faculty. At least, it will be scheduled after having studied the theoretical lessons 1 to 8.

The second theoretical examination will be scheduled around the fourteenth week of classes in the place and date that determined by the professors and the faculty.

The students will have to properly answer the exam questions.

2) Laboratory guided practices.

The correct operation of the circuits and programs developed in the laboratory sessions will be evaluated, according to the marks stated in the practice bulletin. Each practical lesson will be marked over 10. Afterwards, its influence will be weighted in the total mark of the subject, according to the number of hours assigned to each lesson. As a consequence, the global mark of the practices corresponding to the lessons 1 to 5 of laboratory, is obtained through the following equation:

LP = (Practice 1L Mark + 2 * Practice 2L Mark + Practice 3L Mark + Practice 4L Mark + 2 * Practice 5L Mark ) / 7

The total mark of the guided laboratory practices (LP) corresponds to 25% of the total mark of the subject.

It will be necessary to deliver the required source files.

The assessment criteria refer only to the functionality of the circuits and programs developed, that is, the circuits and programs have to work perfectly in all his aspects to obtain the maximum mark, whether it is the software simulation, the behavioural and timing simulation of the different hardware circuits and complete system, or the test in the development board.

3) Autonomous laboratory work.

Autonomous project. The students must design a medium-complexity embedded system with at least a complex peripheral designed by the students. It will be necessary to deliver a short report on the work done.

The assessment criteria of the autonomous work are the following:

1) Suitable hardware / software partitioning.

2) Suitable hardware organisation and suitable assembler program structure.

3) Design correctness.

Optimisation of the VHDL description and circuit use.

Application of synchronous design techniques.

4) Analysis of the FPGA implementation.

Analyse the FPGA logical resources used and their justification.

Analyse the internal system delays.

5) Functionality.

Software simulation.

Behavioural simulation of the different hardware circuits.

Simulation of the complete embedded system (hardware + software).

Board test of the complete embedded system (hardware + software).

All the sections have to work perfectly to obtain the maximum mark.

6) Documentation of the design and FPGA implementation.

a. Report.

i. Clear structure and order.

ii. Clear explanations.

iii. Enough explanations to understand the work done.

iv. Inclusion of suitable figures.

v. Inclusion of relevant data.

b. Source design files.

i. Enough comments in the VHDL files to explain the sentences used.

ii. Enough comments in the assembler files to be understood.