EE 460N Lab Assignments

Fall 2014

Useful Links

Getting Started with gcc
How to port code from Windows to Unix
Note about Security of your files
Remotely access Unix machines with VNC
Visual Studio: Compiling your code with ANSI C
Secure Shell (SSH) client for windows
WinSCP A Secure Copy client for windows - Useful if you want to copy files to/from your unix account.
"The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie. This is an excellent book on the C language.
C/C++ Reference has some useful information about the functions available in the standard C library.
A quick tutorial on the Unix environment
A reference card with commonly used commands for emacs
A reference card with commonly used commands for vim
GDB, a command-line debugger for linux. To use GDB, be sure to include the "-g" flag when you compile with gcc.

Instructions for Testing and Submitting Code

Lab Assignment Submission Instructions
Late Lab Submission Instructions Use this link to test lab 2

Labs

Lab Assignment 6 (posted: 11/19/2014)

Due Friday December 5, 05.00pm.

Submission instructions
Control store sheet (Excel spreadsheet)
Sample simulator runs to help you in debugging your simulator (Each of the hex files were simulated cycle by cycle using the "run 1" command and an "idump" was performed after each cycle. *.dump files show the cycle by cycle output of idump. *.state files summarize the contents of the pipeline latches. *.timeline shows a timeline of the execution of the program in the pipeline):

Note that these test cases are not meant to be exhaustive. You should write your own test cases to make sure that your simulator is working for every instruction and program.

Lab Assignment 5 (posted - 11/06/14)

Due November 16th, 11.59pm.

You must turn in a digital copy of your readme to Canvas by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 17th. Please note that your C code must simulate the hardware described in the readme and your microcode must represent your submitted state diagram. Significant discrepancies will be penalized harshly.
Please make you sure your Lab 4 is correct before starting Lab 5. The testing system for Lab 4 is up. See Lab 3 details for usage information.

Lab Assignment 4 (last updated - 03/29/13)

Due October 26th, 11.59pm.

Submission instructions (last updated - 10/13/14)
You can use the following xfig files or pdf files to show the changes you made to the datapath, state diagram and microsequencer. You can modify the xfig files using the xfig drawing program installed on LRC UNIX/Linux machines. Please note that you can submit hand drawn diagrams (You may use the pdf files), if you are not comfortable using xfig.
- datapath xfig file, pdf file
- state machine xfig file, pdf file
- microsequencer xfig file, pdf file
Important note: Make sure your Lab 3 implementation is correct before starting Lab 4. You may use the submit-ee360n command on grader to test your Lab 3 program. Submit the lc3bsim3.c and ucode3 files first with submit-ee360n -late, then run submit-ee360n -lategrade. Run submit-ee360n to see all available options. Passing all the tests does not mean that your Lab 3 is correct! An incorrect program may just happen to behave correctly on our test cases. It is your responsibility to ensure that your Lab 3 is correct. See this for more details.
The control store template in Excel and PDF formats.

Lab Assignment 3 (posted - 09/23/14)

Due TUESDAY September 30th, 11.59pm.

Submission instructions (posted - 09/23/14)
An example of simulator run (posted - 09/23/14)
The control store template in Excel and PDF formats. (posted - 09/23/14)

Lab Assignment 2 (posted - 09/15/14)

Due September 21st, 11.59pm.

Submission instructions (posted - 02/03/13)
LC-3b Assembler for Linux (posted - 02/03/13)

Lab Assignment 1 (last updated - 09/03/14)

Due September 14th, 11.59pm.

Submission instructions (posted - 09/03/14)
Useful code (posted - 09/03/14)

Lab Assignment 0 (last updated - 08/28/14)

Due August 31st, 11.59pm.

Submission instructions (posted - 08/28/14)