Guia docente 2024_25 Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación

Máster Universitario en Ingeniería de Telecomunicación

Hardware/Software Design of Embedded Systems

Assessment

	Description	Qualification	Training and Learning Results
Problem solving	Problem Based Learning. Resolution of exercises and theoretical problems. The correct application of the theoretical concepts to the problems will be assessed, based on the published criteria.	25	A5	B1 B8	C11 C12
Laboratory practical	Design circuits and programs in the laboratory sessions corresponding to the laboratory lessons 1 to 7. It will be necessary to show to the professor the operation of each one of the circuits and programs. It will be necessary to deliver the design source files. The assessment will be based on the operation of the digital system and the correct application of the theoretical concepts, according to the published criteria.	25	A5	B8	C11 C12
Mentored work	Project Based Learning. Laboratory Project. Design of an embedded system. It will be necessary to deliver the files source of the work realized. It will be necessary to deliver the design source files. The assessment will be based on the operation of the embedded system and the correct application of the theoretical concepts, according to the published criteria.	40	A5	B1 B8	C11 C12
Presentation	It will be necessary to do an oral presentation of 15 minutes as a maximum about the work, according to the index supplied by the teacher.	10	A5		C11 C12

Other comments on the Evaluation
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 evaluation systems: continuous assessment and global assessment. Students must choose at the start of the subject if they wish to follow the continuous evaluation or prefer to follow the global assessment at the end of the semester. Students who choose global assessment must notify the subject coordinator in writing within one month from the beginning of the semester. CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN ORDINARY CALL The students that have chosen continuous assessment, but do not pass the course, will have to do the global assessment in extraordinary call. The different tasks should be delivered in the date specified by the teacher, otherwise they will not be assessed for the continuous evaluation. If the number of students allows it, the students will develop the theoretical exercises, the laboratory practices and the laboratory projects individually. In case of doing them in groups of two students the mark will be the same for both. The students who want to be assessed in the continuous evaluation can only miss two sessions of any type as a maximum. If they miss more than 2 sessions, it will be compulsory to do an additional individual task or an examination. GLOBAL ASSESSMENT(ordinary or extraordinary call) AND END-OF-PROGRAM CALL The students that opt for the global assessment (whether it is at the ordinary or extraordinary call) or for the end-of-program call will have to do all the theoretical and practical tasks and the project individually. The tasks for the single assessment must be delivered before the official date of the examination set by the faculty. FINAL MARK OF THE COURSE 1) Laboratory practices. Each laboratory practice will be marked from 0 to 10. Its influence in the total mark of the subject will be weighted in function of the number of hours assigned to each lesson. That is, the mark of the practices will be obtained through the following formula: LAB = Mark Lesson 1L + ... + Mark Lesson 7L 2) Theoretical exercises and problems. Each one of the theoretical exercises and problems proposed in the theoretical sessions will be evaluated. Each exercise will be marked from 0 to 10. Its influence in the total mark of the subject will be weighted according to the difficulty and length of the exercise. The main exercise will consist in the design of a software routine and a hardware peripheral to perform the function assigned to each student and compare the performance of both, in terms of execution time and logical resources used. The content corresponds to topic 7 of theory. It will be necessary to show the teacher the operation of each one of the circuits and programs. It will be necessary to deliver a brief report explaining the work done. The total mark will be the sum of the marks of each one of the exercises: TE = Exercise 1 + ... + Exercise N 3) Tutored works. This work consists in the design of an embedded system. The correct operation of the developed circuits and programs will be evaluated. This work will be marked from 0 to 10. 4) Presentation. The work developed during the laboratory project will be presented. The presentation will be marked from 0 to 10. In case the students pass the theoretical exercises (TE), the laboratory practices (LAB) and the tutored works (TW), that is, the mark of each part >= 5, the final mark (FM) will be the weighted sum of the marks of each part of the subject: FM = 0,25 * TE + 0,25 * LAB + 0,40 * TW + 0,10 * OP In case the students do not pass any of the three main parts of the subject, that is, the mark of any task < 5, the final mark (FM) will be: FM = Minimum [4'9; (0,25 * TE + 0,25 * LAB + 0,40 * TW + 0,10 * OP) ] Where: TE = Global mark of the theoretical exercises and problems. LAB = Laboratory Practices. TW = Tutored Work. OP = Oral presentation. Plagiarism is regarded as serious dishonest behavior. If any form of plagiarism is detected in any of the exercises, the final mark will be FAIL (0), and the incident will be reported to the corresponding academic authorities for appropriate action.