Undergraduate Computing
Computer-Aided Engineering Laboratory: CAE-2 (Second Floor, ECE Wing)
The laboratory is equipped with PC workstations and printers for use by ECE Second and Third Professional students. (Postgraduate students should not use CAE-2 during the teaching year and First Professional students should use the central College CAD facility). The workstations run dual boat, windows XP and Linux give access to a wide range of software packages for applications such as electronic design, circuit simulation, drawing, project planning, report writing and computer programming. Examples of such packages are Matlab, Excel, Microsoft Word, Protel, Spice and C compilers.
Permission to use the facilities for purposes other than class assignment work must be obtained from Mr Florin Predan (room 201A). Mr Pieter Kikstra (room A211) is responsible for the day-to-day operation of this laboratory.
Digital Systems Laboratories: DSL and DSL Annex (Second Floor, ECE Tower)
The Digital Systems Laboratories currently provide 25 workstations, each supporting a PC, instrumentation, and a variety of development systems. Third Professional students and postgraduates use these laboratories for project and coursework. Rules that govern the use of these laboratories are posted on the noticeboard inside. Permission to use these laboratories for any other purpose should be obtained from Mr Steve Weddell (room A313). Mr Philipp Hof (room 201B) is responsible for the day-to-day operation of these laboratories.
EngCAD Laboratories (First Professional Students)
PC workstations for First Professional students are available in the EngCAD laboratories, The Glade and The Grotto, which are located on Level 2 above the E6/E7 lecture theatres. Note: These laboratories are shared by all Engineering departments and are available to all Engineering students, not just ECE First Professional. Instructions for accessing EngCAD computer facilities, including access passwords are included in enrolment handouts. Mr Joost Stenfert-Kroese is responsible for the day-to-day operation of these laboratories.
Department Computer Regulations
Use of all computing facilities on Campus is governed by regulations and codes of practice. You are advised to read and understand these rules, included below. Any breach of the regulations is taken seriously and may lead to suspension of your use of the computers.
Access to reliable computing is vital to your course. Because of this, and to comply with the Computing regulations
- no student is to modify any computer setup without approval from a staff member. Any accidental incidents must be reported to the computing staff.
- unless approved by a staff member, no programs other than those specifically associated with your coursework are to be installed or run on computers. In particular, but not exclusively, this rule applies to computer games.
- no student is to leave any computer in a non-functioning state without notifying the computer staff. If problems occur out of hours then staff must be advised at the first opportunity during normal hours.
UC Computer Use - Policy and Procedures (pdf 113kb)
Computer Printing
Each undergraduate student is allocated $25 per year for all printing costs. If you exceed this allocation you can return to credit by transferring money from your Canterbury Card using the web-based utility at
http://www.elec.canterbury.ac.nz/intranet/PrintTransfer.asp
Printing on the colour printer will be charged at 60c per copy. Printing on the black and white printers is 5c per page.
The H9500 colour A4/A3 printer is available to all users and is located in CAE-2 along with the other printers in that laboratory.