Introduction

ECE 2031, Digital Design Laboratory, is the first of several writing intensive courses within the curriculum. Through a semester-long series of lectures and hands-on laboratory exercises, students are called upon to understand the design and implementation of digital systems, CAD tools, project design methodologies, logic synthesis, and assembly language programming.

The class is co-taught by Dr. Tom Collins (technical component) and Instructor Christina Bourgeois (writing component) who collaborate to create innovative, discipline-appropriate writing assignments. Lab summaries, formal lab reports, design proposals, team design reports, and industry-style email reports are among the types of writing assignments required in the course. Several out-of-class writing workshops are offered throughout the semester to students who are interested in small group instruction.

Assignments

Lab Results Assignment

Evaluation Sheet for Lab Results

Examples of Properly Labeled Figures

Point System for Formatting Errors

Technical Report: Robot Odometry

Assignment Sheet

Evaluation Sheet

Course Resources

Course Website (DigiLab)

Characterisitcs of Technical Writing

Useful Links

Mayfield Handbook of Technical &
Scientific Writing

Your Dictionary

Project Resources

Logbook

Proposal Assignment

Gannt Chart Tutorial

Proposal Evaluation Form

Example Proposal

Design Report Assignment

Design Report Evaluation Form

Lecture Slides - Presenting With Power

Example Design Report

What to Wear (Men / Women)

PowerPoint Assignment

PowerPoint Indiviudal Eval. Form

PowerPoint Group Eval. Form

Presentation Do's and Don'ts

Basics of Communication

Newsgroups

git.ece.class.ece2031.announce
git.ece.class.ece2031.questions
git.ece.class.ece2031.software
git.ece.class.ece2031.writing

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Workbook