North South University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Guidance for report writing

(1) Cover Page: All lab reports should have a cover page and the same cover page should be used for all the
lab reports.
(2) Objective: You should briefly write what was the aim of the experiment. In other words, write what your
intent to achieve by doing the experiment.
(3) Theory: In this section of the Lab Report, you will specifically write only the things taught during the lecture
time of the lab. This section should be concise and to the point. There is no need to make this section
unnecessarily big by copy or pasting from the internet; in fact, you may get penalized for such acts. You may
take help from the lab manual but direct quoting from the lab manual is strictly prohibited. Marks will be given
based on your ability to explain what you understood during the class time. Copying anything from another lab
report of a different group will earn your group and the group from which you have copied a straight zero.
Copying anything from a lab report of a past semester will also earn you a straight zero if caught.
(4) List of Equipment’s: A simple list of all the apparatuses and Equipment’s you used to do the lab
experiment. Example: Resistor with their value, DMM, Power Supply etc.
(5) Circuit Diagram: Give the circuit diagram for the experiment; it should be clean and legible.
(6) Simulation: You have to add the screenshots of the simulation circuit. You must do the simulation on
MULTISIM. You have to write your group and experiment number on the workspace of MULTISIM. You must
simulate all the circuits that you will have done in your hardware lab.
(7) Results/Data: This section of the lab report will contain the data that you have collected practically and it
should be presented in a tabular form. You should also calculate any relevant percentage error from the practical
data and put here in this section. If it is possible to draw a graph to show the relationship between two parameters
you varied or used in the lab then you should put the graph in this section. The graph should be hand-drawn and
must be very clean and legible.
(8) Questions and Answers: For each experiment there is a set of questions in the Lab Manual, for each Lab
Report there will be one set of Questions and Answers.
(9) Discussion: In your discussion, simply write what you did during the lab session (you may also write about
small details), what you expected to see from the theoretical knowledge you had and what you eventually saw
in practice. Suggest a legitimate reason for the possible fluctuation if any. You can also write about the
limitations and drawbacks of the experiment. You can also put your personal suggestion (if you have any) how
we can improve our experimental setup. Your personal observation and the order at which you write them are
of utmost importance to score good marks here. Each group will submit one set of Discussion so a team effort
is most desired in this section.
(10) Attachment: Finally, you must attach the page in which you have written your collected data with the lab.
 Point Marks
Objectives 1
Theory 3
Apparatus List 1
Circuit Diagram 1
Simulation 3
Data Table 3
Questions & Answers 4
Discussion 4