ELC111.

2 Laboratory Activity 2: Digital Meets

Analog Lab Exercise
Post-laboratory Report; Submitted: 10 November 2014

Authors Name/s, Authors Name

BS Electronics Engineering
Electronics, Computer, and Communications Engineering
Ateneo de Manila University
Philippines

Abstract—This section serves as a summary of the whole activity. III. METHODOLOGY

It must include parts from each of the major section of the report.
Each section must be summarized into 1-2 sentences. The
sentences must then be written as a cohesive paragraph following A. Design
the order of sections in the laboratory report. This is written last Discuss the materials and procedure needed in the design
since this discusses all the parts of the report. However, this is process.
presented first in the final report. DO NOT USE SPECIAL
CHARACTERS, SYMBOLS, OR MATH IN YOUR TITLE OR B. Implementation
ABSTRACT. (Abstract) Discuss the materials and procedure needed in the
Index Terms—Component, formatting, style, styling, insert. implementation process. Enumerate the Tools and IC that will
(key words) be used to implement the circuit design.

C. Testing
I. INTRODUCTION
Discuss the materials and procedure needed in the design
The introduction discusses the reason why the activity is process.
being done. It briefly discusses the scientific concept relevant Create the necessary data tables needed in the experiment.
to the lab. Present the historical background of the activity and You may refer to the lab manual but change the format when
the theoretical importance in the field. necessary. It is expected that the theoretical values in the
State objective or the problem faced in the laboratory tables were already calculated before the lab activity. This will
activity. If this is a design laboratory, state the allow the students to know the expected values in the
REQUIREMENTS in each of the design activities in the experiment.
laboratory. This does not have to be a one sentence statement.
Describe how the objective is designed to help you learn Through the comments given by the instructor, the students
the scientific concept of the lab. must revise the first three section of their report. In the
methodology section, students are expected to revise the
II. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND methodology and turn it into past tense. Different approaches
done in the lab to augment the learning experiment must be
The theoretical background discusses what we are trying added during the revision. Data tables will be moved to
to prove or achieve through the experiment. It also discusses Results and Discussion section
what prior knowledge is needed to achieve the goal of the
experiment.
It discusses the scientific concept thoroughly as needed in
the experiment. The discussion attempts to solve the problem
from a theoretical stand-point. This section must serve as a
guide in the evaluation and interpretation of gathered data in
the actual laboratory.
If this is a design laboratory, start the discussion with the
ANALYSIS of the problem or object
 IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The results and discussion presents the gathered data and the F. Testing
interpretation of the data. Data gathered through testing will be presented and
All information in the preliminary results will be placed to discussed here. Most of the discussion will be based on how
this section of the post-laboratory report. Photo of the actual the data and its relevance in achieving the goal of the
circuit implementation and data gathered will be presented and experiment.
discussed here as well. V. CONCLUSION
Present gathered data through data tables, graphs, or
diagrams to easily visualize the results of the laboratory. This section discusses the things learned about the
Discuss the illustration using the theoretical background to scientific concept through the laboratory experience. This
answer or prove the objective of the activity. summarizes the results of the activity that was done and how
Use the results of the laboratory activity to help prove or the results helped in achieving the objectives.
disprove the scientific concept of the experiment. Explain why
REFERENCES
the results are important in relation to the scientific concept
relevant to the laboratory. Always refer to the gathered data List and number all bibliographical references in 9-point
when discussing relevant concepts in the experiment. The data Times, single-spaced, at the end of your paper. When
must back up the theoretical scientific concept. referenced in the text, enclose the citation number in square
Remember that in your discussion, you have two things to brackets, for example: [1]. Where appropriate, include the
depend on: previous knowledge that you gathered through your name(s) of editors of referenced books. The template will
theoretical background and the data that you gathered through number citations consecutively within brackets [1]. The
your laboratory activity. sentence punctuation follows the bracket [2]. Refer simply to
Take note that this section refers to the gathered data and its the reference number, as in “[3]”—do not use “Ref. [3]” or
interpretation. All information discussing how the data was “reference [3]”. Do not use reference citations as nouns of a
gathered should be placed in the methodology section unless it sentence (e.g., not: “as the writer explains in [1]”).
is being used to identify problems with the results (e.g. Unless there are six authors or more give all authors’ names
inaccuracy). and do not use “et al.”. Papers that have not been published,
If the data is already visible through the tables and graphs, even if they have been submitted for publication, should be
there is no need to present it further in text unless it is used for cited as “unpublished” [4]. Papers that have been accepted for
the discussion. There is no need to use all the data. Use the publication should be cited as “in press” [5]. Capitalize only
most important among the set of results the first word in a paper title, except for proper nouns and
element symbols.
D. Design For papers published in translation journals, please give the
Place here the circuit design that you made. For English citation first, followed by the original foreign-language
familiarization laboratory, just put the circuit design that was citation [6].
given to you in the laboratory manual. If there were changes [1] G. Eason, B. Noble, and I. N. Sneddon, “On certain
made during the laboratory exercise, such changes should be integrals of Lipschitz-Hankel type involving products of Bessel
functions,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. A247, pp. 529–
reflected here.
551, April 1955. (references)
[2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism,
E. Implementation 3rd ed., vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp.68–73.
Place here the breadboard layout that you made based on
[3] I. S. Jacobs and C. P. Bean, “Fine particles, thin films and
your design. If there were changes made during the laboratory exchange anisotropy,” in Magnetism, vol. III, G. T. Rado and H.
exercise, such changes should be reflected here. The Suhl, Eds. New York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271–350.
breadboard layout should show the clearer picture of the actual [4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
implementation.
[5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,”
J. Name Stand. Abbrev., in press.
Photo of the actual circuit implementation will be presented
[6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron
here. The students may wish to discuss here why the initial spectroscopy studies on magneto-optical media and plastic
breadboard layout or design was not used in the final circuit substrate interface,” IEEE Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp.
implementation. 740–741, August 1987 [Digests 9th Annual Conf. Magnetics
Japan, p. 301, 1982].
[7] M. Young, The Technical Writer's Handbook. Mill Valley,
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