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

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

The mark of the Laboratory Project 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 single assessment (first or second opportunity or extraordinary assessment), 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.

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

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:

The students are considered to have chosen the continuous assessment when they have done 2 laboratory practices and/or 2 reports of theoretical exercises.

The students that have chosen continuous assessment, but do not pass the course, will have to do the single assessment at the second opportunity.

The students that pass the course by means of continuous assessment will not be allowed to repeat any task in the single 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 and the laboratory
practices individually.

The laboratory projects will be developed in groups of
two students during the continuous assessment but the students will be assessed
individually. To achieve this, the students will be required to explain during
the oral presentation which parts of the project each of them has developed.

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.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT (first opportunity, second oportunity) AND EXTRAORDINARY CALL:

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

In case the students pass the theoretical exercises (TE) and the Laboratory Project (LP), 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 = 0'50 * TE + 0'40 * LP + 0'10 * OP

In case the students do not pass any of the two main parts of the subject, the theoretical exercises (TE) or the Laboratory Project (LP), that is, the mark of any task < 5, the final mark (FM) will be:

FM = Minimum [4'5; (FM = 0'50 * TE + 0'40 * LP + 0'10 * OP) ]

Where:

TE = Global mark of the theoretical exercises and problems.

LP = Laboratory Project.

OP = Oral presentation.

1) Theoretical exercises and problems.

Each one of the theoretical exercises and problems proposed in the theoretical sessions 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 exercises assigned.

There will be eight reports of exercises.

The majority of the exercises will consist in the design of non-synthesisable models and synthesisable circuits in VHDL.

It will be necessary to deliver the required source files.

The total mark will be the sum of the marks of each one of the exercise reports divided by the number of reports:

TE = (Report 1 + … + Report 8) / 8

2) Laboratory Project.

This project consists in the design of a synthesisable digital system of medium complexity in VHDL.

For the Laboratory Project (LP), it will be necessary to do an oral presentation.

3) Oral Presentation.