Comments on Project 2

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Last Updated 2 March 1998

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Some Comments on Project 2: Most reports were reasonably good. However, almost everyone failed to answer some of the questions or failed to include some of the required materials. Please read over the description of the project and pre-project reports before you write the ones for project 2. The grades given for this project reflect the spirit of the work done rather than an exact application of the criteria listed in the syllabus. The criteria will, however, be applied in the remaining projects. To help you on specific issues, you will find below a list of comments that were written on at least some of the reports:

Things That Lost Points

1. No lab materials were included, no personal responsibility statement.
2. What did you learn? What advice do you have?
3. Discuss the difference between the two signals (from the amplifier and the coil).
4. Motivate your noise modeling.
5. No test results. How did you know it worked?
6. The filter should have a cutoff frequency much greater than 20Hz.
7. No calculations of gain or of filter components. There are always some simple formulas to apply.
8. No Thevenin model of source.
9. No discussion of non-ideal effects.
10. Explain your assumptions.
11. Try to tie together all that you did.
12. Missing calculations or parts of labs.
13. Be specific. Describe clearly what you mean. Use diagrams.
14. You added extra components without explanation.
15. Numbers presented without calculations or explanations.
16. Missing signatures on labs.

Things That Got Extra Points

17. Good discussion of changes in design. Specifically, why changes were made.
18. Easy to understand test results.
19. Neat and organized presentation.