EE 460N Lab Assignments

Fall 2016

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 fix older labs

Labs

Lab Assignment 6 (last updated: 12/03/2016)

Due Monday December 5, 16:59pm.

• 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):
• example0.asm, example0.hex, example0.dump, example0.state, example0.timeline
• example1.asm, example1.hex, example1.dump, example1.state, example1.timeline
• example2.asm, example2.hex, example2.dump, example2.state, example2.timeline

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 (last updated - 11/12/16)

Due November 27th, 11.59pm.

• Submission instructions
• You must turn in a digital copy of your readme to Canvas by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 28th. 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 this for usage information.

Lab Assignment 4 (posted - 09/24/16)

Due November 6th, 11.59pm.

• Submission instructions
• 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 - 09/12/16)

Due Octoboer 16th, 11.59pm.

• Submission instructions (posted - 09/12/16)
• An example of simulator run (posted - 09/12/16)
• The control store template in Excel and PDF formats. (posted - 09/12/16)

Lab Assignment 2 (posted - 09/12/16)

Due September 25th, 11.59pm.

• Submission instructions (posted - 09/12/16)
• LC3b Assembler for Linux
• LC3b Assembler for Windows Bash (posted - 09/13/16)

Lab Assignment 1 (Updated - 09/08/16 - Important Clarification added to part II)

Due September 11th, 11.59pm.

Lab Assignment 0 (Last updated - 08/28/16)

Due August 30th, 11.59pm.

• Submission instructions (posted - 08/24/16)