The final mark will be expressed in numerical form ranging from 0 to 10.

The students will be offered two assessment systems: continuous assessment and global assessment.

It is considered that all the students have chosen continuous assessment by default.

Choosing of global assessment must be communicated in writing form to the coordinator within one month of the start of the semester.

All the tasks must be delivered in the date specified by the professor, otherwise they will not be assessed.

In case of detection of plagiarism in any of the tasks (theoretical exam, laboratory practices or autonomous projects) the final qualificationwill be fail (0) and the fact will be communicated to the Head of the faculty for further actions.

The subject is composed of a theoretical part and a laboratory part, with a respective weighting of 40% and 60% of the total mark of the subject.

The theoretical part consists of a final examination. This final examination will be the same for all the students, regardless of the type of assessment they have opted for.

The exam will be on the date of the final exam of the semester, which the faculty will determine.

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (ordinary exam)

Laboratory class attendance is compulsory if the student is following continuous assessment.

The students who are following continuous assessment can only miss 1 laboratory session without justification, as a maximum.

If the number of students in any laboratory group is sufficiently small, the students will carry out the practices and projects individually. Otherwise, students will perform these tasks in groups of 2. In the latter case, the two students will receive the same mark.

Theoretical class attendance is considered crucial to achieve success in continuous assessment, as the experience shows that it has a strong influence on the rate of success in the continuous assessment.

All the tasks have to be delivered on the date specified by the professor, otherwise they will not be assessed. It is also compulsory to sit the theoretical exam in the continuous assessment.

None of the tasks can be done on a different date that the one set up by the professor.

If any of the previous conditions is not met, the student that was in continuous assessment will lose the right to it and will automatically fail.

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

To pass the subject, it is necessary that:

· The global mark of the theory (TM) is greater or equal than 4 over 10.

· The global mark of the laboratory (LM) is greater or equal than 4 over 10.

· The global mark of the subject (FM) is greater or equal than 5 over 10.

The laboratory mark is calculated as follows:

LM = (10/6) * (0,10 * LAP1 + 0,15 * LAP2 + 0,15 * LAP3 + 0,20 * LAP4)

being:

LAPi = Laboratory Autonomous Projects mark over 10.

In case a student passes all the minimum marks, the final mark (FM) will be:

FM = 0.40 * TM + 0.60 * LM

In case a student does not reach any of the minimum marks (theory mark < 4 or global laboratory mark < 4), the final mark (FM) will be:

FM = minimum [4.9; (0.40 * TM + 0.60 * LM)]

The students that pass the course by means of continuous assessment will not be allowed to repeat any tasks (theory, laboratory) in the global assessment in order to improve the mark.

If the students who are following continuous assessment deliver all the tasks, the mark of the part of the subject (theory, laboratory) in which they have obtained the minimum demanded will be preserved, only until the extraordinary exam of the same academic course.

GLOBAL ASSESSMENT (ordinary and extraordinary exam) and END-OF-PROGRAM EXAM

The students that opt for the global assessment (whether it is the ordinary or extraordinary exam) or for the end-of-program exam will have to do a theoretical exam and a laboratory exam individually.

To be allowed to do the laboratory exam, it is necessary to request it previously on the dates that will be communicated to the students through the Moovi website.

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

To pass the subject, it is necessary that:

· The mark of the theoretical exam (TE) is greater or equal to 4 over 10.

· The mark of the laboratory exam (LE) is greater or equal to 4 over 10.

· The global mark of the subject (FM) is greater or equal to 5 over 10.

In case a student passes all the different tasks, the final mark (FM) will be the weighted sum of the marks of each exam:

FM = 0.40 * TE + 0.60 * LE

In case a student does not pass one of the exams (theoretical exam < 4 or laboratory exam < 4), the final mark (FM) will be:

FM = minimum [4.9; (0.40 * TE + 0.60 * LE)]

Theoretical exam

The theoretical exam will include test questions and practical problems on the topics of all the theoretical lessons. The students will have to answer all the exam questions correctly to obtain the maximum mark.

This exam will be held on the date and place that the faculty will determine.

Laboratory exam

The exam will consist of the design of circuits in VHDL and programs for the microprocessor used in the subject. These circuits and programs may be part of a complex peripheral or an embedded system and they will have a similar complexity to the ones designed in the laboratory practical and the autonomous laboratory projects during the continuous assessment.

The students will have to perform the simulations and tests described in the exam in the assigned time.

The teacher may request that the students show them the operation of each of the circuits and programs.

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

The addition of additional functionality to the minimum required will be taken into account.

It is compulsory to deliver the files indicated in the exam.

If this condition is not fulfilled, the corresponding sections will not be assessed.

The correct operation and the correct application of the theoretical concepts to the circuits and programs realised during the exam will be assessed, according to the same assessment criteria for the laboratory practices and the autonomous projects during the continuous assessment.