It's hard to believe that it is only 4 short weeks until we are out for the Christmas break and that the year is already half over. Of course, one of those weeks will be taken up with final exams and preparations. That means that there are some things you need to know about soon.
For all of the PLTW engineering classes, an End of Course exam is required, which will be given during the times of the spring semester exams. That means that you will not be able to exempt your DE exam in the spring regardless. If you want to exempt the fall semester exam and qualify per the school guidelines, you are free to do so. However, it is a preview of at least part of the exam that will be given in the spring. The schedule for exams and guidelines can be found on the RRHS web page.
Back to videos. We will pick up this week with a NOR only design of a circuit that saves chips ($$) in production parts. It is very similar to the NAND only design in many respects. Be sure to watch the short video talking about how to design a circuit using only NOR chips before you come to class.
We need to pick up the pace of the class a little. There is too much dragging behind and being ok with that (meaning, "I will do today's work next time in class, and that work the next time" and so on...) With the end of the semester approaching, there is a pretty hard deadline to get all of that done. If you aren't able to finish your work in class, make arrangements with me to come in during tutorials or take the work home to finish.
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