Yes, I can see the reason why we should keep the wires close to the
circuit. On Monday, I just wondered if you would take points off for that
and one of my friends had a circuit like that so I showed it and asked if it
would be a problem and he said that it won't be a problem for the first lab
unless we had wires that were impossible to follow. If you can also get a
confirmation from him, I'll be really glad

 Thank you

On 4/10/08, David Bild <d-bild@u.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
> All,
> I'll get clarification about this from Prof. Dick when he gets back in
> town; I can easily add those points back for this lab.
>
> Remember that the point of 'cutting the wires close to the board' is
> not just so that it looks pretty, but for ease-of-debugging and
> reliability. With a reasonablly well-thoughtout floorplan, circuits with
> minimum length wires (i.e., cut close to the board) will be easier to
> visually inspect and debug. Additionally, there is much less risk of wires
> snagging on your clothing, etc. and getting pulled out or just falling out
> during transit to your lab check.
>
> -- David
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* owner-EECS203@listserv.it.northwestern.edu [mailto:
> owner-EECS203@listserv.it.northwestern.edu] *On Behalf Of *Oytun Emre
> Yucel
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:01 AM
> *To:* EECS203@listserv.it.northwestern.edu
> *Subject:* RE: Lab 1 Grades
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering why I got a 95 (or a 9,5) out of 10. If it was the wire
> being cut close to the board, I asked Professor Dick about it and he said
> that we shouldn't worry about it for the first lab.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Oytun
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 10 12:53:29 2008