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Hdlmake
HDLMake version 2.1 promoted to Master
After a huge testing effort, including complex simulations and White Rabbit design synthesis (e.g. WR-NIC), the new HDLMake 2.1 version is out and ready for production-grade use. The new release supports a load of new synthesis and simulation tools and includes improved features such as custom user code insertion into the whole Manifest.
Simple PCIe FMC carrier SPEC
SPEC Fan design files released
We have released the official documentation for the mezzanine cooling fan designed to fit the SPEC board. The fan design is described on this page.
OHR Meta Project
24-03-15: OH at CERN
CERN Brochure: Open Hardware at CERN (pdf, 1MB) CERN is actively making its knowledge and technology available for the benefit of society and does so through a variety of different
White Rabbit Standardization
WR clock tests according to G.8262 using SyncE tester.
The tests were performed with Paragon-X, made available to CERN by Calnex, to compare WR L1 syntonization with SyncE characteristics, the results are expected to be potentially useful/interesting for P1588 High Accuracy work.
Hdlmake
HDLMake Release Candidate 2.1 is out!
This release candidate is an incremental improvement based in the HDLMake 2.0 version introduced at the 8th White Rabbit workshop. In this way, new features has been added / tested and the documentation has been improved.
White Rabbit Switch - Software
wr-switch-sw-v4.1.2
This release fixes a few problems we found in the previous release: - The SCB type used for PLL configuration now depends on the hwinfo partition and not on the DF type.
OHR Meta Project
04-12-14: From Do-It-Yourself To Do-It-Together
“From Do-It-Yourself To Do-It-Together” is the title of the speech that Javier Serrano, co-author of the CERN Open Hardware License and creator of the Open Hardware Repository will give at TEDxPlaceDesNations.
Simple VME FMC Carrier SVEC
Release 3.0 of gateware available.
We are glad to announce the 3.0 release of the SVEC bootloader bitstream, which adds support for user application data storage in the onboard flash memory. The bitstream, documentation, instructions and change log are available on the Release 3.
White Rabbit
7-11-2014: ITSF 2014 “Time for the Future”
The future of synchronization - white elephant or white rabbit is the title of a presentation at the International Telecom Sync Forum - ITSF 2014. This paper considers new requirements and new High Accuracy technology available for Telecoms synchronization.