IDENTIFYING DATA 2017_18
Subject (*) FONAMENTS DE COMPUTADORS Code 17254002
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering (2017)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Basic Course First 1Q
2Q
Language
Català
Department Electronic, Electric and Automatic Engineering
Computer Engineering and Mathematics
Coordinator
MILLAN MARCO, PEDRO
E-mail montse.garcia@urv.cat
enrique.canto@urv.cat
pere.millan@urv.cat
susana.alvarez@urv.cat
ernest.gil@urv.cat
esteban.delcastillo@urv.cat
cesar.mauri@urv.cat
gabriel.plana@urv.cat
simeo.reig@urv.cat
Lecturers
GARCÍA FAMOSO, MARÍA MONTSERRAT
CANTÓ NAVARRO, ENRIQUE FERNANDO
MILLAN MARCO, PEDRO
ALVAREZ FERNANDEZ, SUSANA MARIA
GIL DOLCET, ERNEST
DEL CASTILLO PÉREZ, ESTEBAN
MAURI LOBA, CESAR FRANCESC
PLANA GAVALDÀ, GABRIEL
REIG PELLEJA, SIMEON
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General description and relevant information Structure, organization, logical design, operation and interconnection of computers; fundamentals and performance of assembly language; Operation and use of operating systems.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 CEB2 Coneixements bàsics sobre l'ús i programació dels ordinadors, sistemes operatius, bases de dades i programes informàtics amb aplicació en enginyeria.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 CEB2 Comprèn la correspondència existent entre els elements fonamentals dels llenguatges d'alt nivell i els elements del llenguatge màquina que donen suport
Comprèn el funcionament d'un sistema operatiu com a gestor de recursos dels sistemes informàtics
Utilitza els recursos que proporciona un sistema operatiu des de la interfície d'usuari
Coneix el paper de la informàtica en els àmbits industrials i socioeconòmics
Coneix els diferents components d'un sistema informàtic compost per maquinari i programari
Comprèn el funcionament, les interrelacions i l'estructura de nivells d'un computador
Analitza circuits lògics combinacionals
Analitza circuits lògics seqüencials
Sintetitza màquines d'estats finits bàsiques
Comprèn l'organització i el funcionament de subsistemes de l'arquitectura Von Neumann: processador, memòria, i entrada / sortida
Comprèn el funcionament dels elements digitals que constitueixen un processador (ALU, registres, càlcul de direcció, seqüenciador, etc.) i entendre com intervenen en l'execució de programes escrits en llenguatge màquina
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Elements of a computer system
Computer organization
Coding and information processing
Logic design Analysis of combinational logic-circuits.
Analysis of sequential logic-circuits.
Synthesis of basic finite-state machines.
Fundamentals of machine language
Basic operating system use

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
CEB2
29 25 54
Problem solving, classroom exercises
CEB2
15 15 30
Laboratory practicals
CEB2
26 29 55
Personal tuition
CEB2
1 0 1
 
Objective multiple-choice tests
CEB2
1 2 3
Practical tests
CEB2
1 2 3
Extended-answer tests
CEB2
1 2 3
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Explanation of the objectives, content and assessment process.
Lecture Explanation of theoretical concepts using slides and blackboard. The teacher will ask questions to the students to develop their own solutions to the issues raised.
Problem solving, classroom exercises During the course, the teacher will present exercises related to the theoretical context presented in lectures.
Laboratory practicals Application of theoretical knowledge to specific situations, using computers, simulators and other practical elements of the laboratories.
Personal tuition Teachers will be available during class and office hours, to meet students and answer any questions that were raised during the development of the subject.

Personalized attention
Description
Students can attend in person to the office of professor in office hours to ask him any questions related to the theoretical explanation and practical implementation issues or developments and practical difficulties in the learning process.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Laboratory practicals
CEB2
Laboratories. Resolution, in group, of the laboratory practice: preliminary analysis, design, implementation, and documentation. In some practices: individual oral defense (interview).
- Logic Laboratories (15%)
- ARM practice (15%)
30%
Extended-answer tests
CEB2
Problem of translating high-level to assembler code.
- ARM Problem (10%)
10%
Objective multiple-choice tests
CEB2
Several objective tests of short questions and / or multiple choice.
- Initial Test (10%)
- Logic Test (25%)
- Final Test (25%)
60%
Practical tests
CEB2
Laboratories. Resolution, in group, of the laboratory practice: preliminary analysis, design, implementation, and documentation. In some practices: individual oral defense (interview).
- Logic Laboratories (15%)
- ARM practice (15%)
30%
Others  

You can get up to 1 point added to the final grade, doing optional activities that arise in various laboratories.

+1 punt
 
Other comments and second exam session

The assessment elements of the course are 6: initial test, logic test, logic labs, ARM practice, final test, and ARM problem.

Students must obtain a minimum score in each of the 6 elements of assessment in order to pass the course. If any element of assessment does not reach the minimum, the final mark of the course shall not exceed 4.5. The minimum score is the same in the 1st and in the 2nd examination period.

The evaluation will be continuously during 1st examination period.

In the 2nd period the assessment will consist of three tests (initial, logic, final), a problem (ARM) and ARM practice (logical laboratories can not be recovered in 2nd examination period). Students must examine the elements of evaluation that have not obtained the minimum score in 1st call. If submitted in 2nd period, the note will be that of the 2nd period (whether it would be upper or lower than 1st call).

The grades from the previous course that exceed the minimum for making average are kept.

In conducting written tests, there are not allowed to use any electronic devices (calculators, computers, tablets, phones, watches, etc.).

If we detect any copy in any activity evaluation, the grade of this examination period will be 0, and the student should take again all the assessment elements in the next examination period (we will not keep any of the previous grades).


Sources of information

Basic Professors/es Fonaments Computadors, Transparències Fonaments de Computadors, 2017, ETSE-URV (Tarragona)
William Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture, 10th ed (2015), Prentice Hall
Thomas L. Floyd, Fundamentos de Sistemas Digitales, 11ª ed (2016), Pearson Prentice-Hall
Javier García Zubía, Problemas Resueltos de Electrónica Digital, 2003, Thomson

Complementary William Hohl, ARM assembly language : fundamentals and techniques, 2nd ed (2014), CRC Press
Mano M. Morris, Charles R. Kime, Fundamentos de diseño lógico y de computadores, 2005, Pearson Prentice-Hall
John P. Hayes, Introducción al diseño lógico digital , 1996, Addison-Wesley
Steve Furber, ARM System-on-Chip Architecture, 2nd ed (2000), Addison-Wesley Professional

Recommendations


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING/17254001
 
Other comments
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