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 single assessment.

The students must choose at the beginning of the term between continuous assessment or single assessment.

The students that opt for the single assessment will not be evaluated in any of the tasks of continuous assessment.

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 one of the tasks (theoretical exam or laboratory practices and autonomous projects) the final qualification will 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. Each one of them represents 50 % 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 (first opportunity):

Laboratory class attendance is compulsory if the student has chosen continuous assessment.

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

The students that do not attend any sessions with justification, will receive a 0 mark 0 in those sessions, but they will still be considered in continuous assessment.

Nevertheless, if a student misses more than 3 sessions, even with justification, they will have to realise an individual additional task to be allowed to remain in continuous assessment.

The students will develop the laboratory practices and the laboratory projects in groups of two students during the continuous assessment, whenever possible. Both students will be given the same mark if they have attended the laboratory.

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 thecontinuous 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 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 is greater or equal to 4 over 10.

· The global mark of the laboratory tasks is greater or equal to 5 over 10.

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

In case the students pass all the different tasks, the final mark (FM) will be the weighted sum of the marks of each part of the subject:

NF = 0.50 * TE + 0.10* LP + 0.20 * AP1 + 0.20 * AP2

In case the students do not pass some of the tasks of the subject (theoretical exam < 4 or global laboratory mark < 5), the final qualification (NF) will be:

NF = minimum [4.5; (0.50 * TE + 0.10 * LP + 0.20 * AP1 + 0.20 * AP2) ]

Being:

TE = Theoretical Exam

LP = Mark of the guided laboratory practices corresponding to lesson 5.

AP1 = Laboratory Autonomous Project that consists of the design of a complex peripheral.

AP2 = Laboratory Autonomous Project that consists of the design of a medium-complexity embedded system.

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

If the students who are following continuous assessment deliver all the tasks and sit the theoretical exam do not pass the subject, 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 assessment of July of the same academic course.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT (first or second opportunity) AND EXTRAORDINARY CALL:

The students that opt for the single assessment (whether it is the first or the second opportunity) or for the extraordinary call 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 FaiTIC website.

The total mark will be the 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 is greater or equal to 4 over 10.

· The mark of the laboratory exam is greater or equal to 5 over 10.

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

In case the students pass all the different tasks, the final mark (FM) will be the weighted sum of the marks of each part of the subject:

NF = 0.50 * TE +0.50 * LE

In case the students do not pass some of the tasks of the subject (theoretical exam < 4 or laboratory exam < 5), the final qualification (NF) will be:

NF = minimum [4.5; (0.50 * TE + 0.50 * LE) ]

Being:

TE = Theoretical Exam.

LE = Laboratory Exam.

Theoretical exams.

The theoretical exam will include practical problems and test questions 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 at the place and on the date that the faculty will determine.

Guided laboratory practices (only for continuous assessment).

Only the circuits and programs developed in the laboratory sessions which correspond to the laboratory lesson 5 will be evaluated.

Autonomous laboratory project (only for continuous assessment).

Assignment1. Complex peripheral. Design of a peripheral for the microprocessor used in the subject. The peripheral has to be composed of a control unit and an ALU, according to the method studied in the theoretical lesson 9 of the subject.

Assignment2. Embedded System. Design of an embedded system based on the microprocessor studied in the theory of the subject. This embedded system has to include the complex peripheral design in assignment 1.

The assessment criteria for both the laboratory practices (laboratory lesson 5) and the two laboratory projects are the following.

- 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 show the operation of each section in the practice session indicated by the professor.

- It is compulsory to deliver the files indicated in the practice before the deadline indicated by the professor.

If these conditions are not fulfilled, the corresponding sections will not be assessed.

Laboratory exam (only for single assessment).

The exam will consist of the design of circuits in VHDL and programs in assembler 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 practices and the autonomous laboratory projects of the continuous assessment.

The students will have to realise the simulations and board test described in the exam in the assigned time.

It is compulsory to show the operation of each section to the professor in the laboratory the day of the exam.

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 these conditions are 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 evaluated, according to the same assessment criteria for the laboratory practices and the autonomous projects during the continuous assessment.