Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin



EE 306, Fall, 2019
Yale Patt, Instructor
TAs: Sabee Grewal, Arjun Ramesh, Joseph Ryan, Chirag Sakhuja, Meiling Tang, Grace Zhuang
Course Outline
August 28, 2019



August 28: Lecture 1. Overview of EE 306. August 29,30: Discussion Session. Orientation to the LRC system, tools.

September 2: Labor Day. University closed. No class.

September 4: Lecture 2: Bits and operations on bits. September 5,6: Discussion Session. Emphasis on Chapters 1,2, problem set 1.

September 9: Lecture 3. Bits and operations on bits (continued).

September 11: Lecture 4. Basic Logic Structures. September 12,13: Discussion Session. Emphasis on Chapter 2 and Problem Set 1

Problem set 1, due before class, September 16.

September 16: Lecture 5. Basic Logic Structures (continued).

September 18: Lecture 6. Memory and Finite State Machines September 19,20: Discussion Session. Emphasis on Chapter 3 and Problem Set 2.

September 23: Lecture 7. Memory and Finite State Machines (continued).

Problem set 2, due before class, September 25.

September 25: Lecture 8. Introduction to Von Neumann model and the LC-3 ISA. September 26,27: Discussion Session: Intro to LC-3, the Simulator and Program 0.

Programming Lab 0 due, 11:59pm, September 29.

September 30: No lecture. Extra office hours in lieu of class.

October 2: Lecture 9. The LC-3 Data Path, A more sophisticated LC-3 program. October 3,4: Discussion Section: Chapter 5, PL1

Programming Lab 1 due, 11:59pm, October 6.

October 7: Lecture 10. Structured Programming and Debugging. October 9: No class. Extra office hours in lieu of class.

October 10,11: Discussion Session: Prepare for Midterm exam.

Problem set 3, due before class, October 14.

October 14: Lecture 11. Review or catch up!

October 16: Lecture 12. Exam 1.

October 17,18: Discussion Session: Go over exam, discuss Programming Lab 2.

October 21: Lecture 13. Moving up a level. Assembly Language and the Assembler

October 23: Lecture 14. Detailed examples in Assembly Language. October 24,25: Discussion Session: Emphasis on Chapter 7 and Programming Lab 2

Programming Lab 2 due, 11:59pm, October 27.

October 28: Lecture 15. JSR/RET, Stack October 30: Lecture 16. Queues, Linked Lists, Character Strings.

October 31,November 1: Discussion Session: Problem set 4, Programming Lab 3.

Problem set 4, due before class, November 4.

November 4: Lecture 17. Recursion.

November 6: Lecture 18. Recursion (continued). Trees

November 7,8: Discussion Session: Data Structures, Programming Lab 3

Programming Lab 3 due, 11:59pm, November 10.

November 11: Lecture 19. Chapter 8, Physical I/O. November 13: Lecture 20. Physical I/O, continued.

November 14,15: Discussion Session: Prepare for Midterm 2, Programming Lab 4.

Problem set 5, due before class, November 18.

November 18: Lecture 21. Review or catch up.

November 20: Lecture 22. Exam 2.

November 21,22: Discussion Session: Go over midterm, Programming Lab 4

Programming Lab 4 due, 11:59pm, November 24.

November 25: Lecture 23. TRAPs and Interrupts.

November 27: No class, Thanksgiving Recess. Enjoy the Holiday!

December 2: Lecture 24. TRAPs, Interrupts (continued)

December 4: Lecture 25. The Calculator and what comes after EE306 December 5,6: Discussion Session: Programming Lab 5, Prepare for Final Exam.

Programming Lab 5 due, 11:59pm, December 8.

December 9: Lecture 26. Any OTHER questions!

Problem set 6, not to be handed in, use for final exam preparation.

December 13. Final exam, 7 to 10pm.
(according to the Registrar's Course Schedule, which he can change.)

Programming Labs:
Problem Sets: