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White Rabbit Switch - Testing
Jabber Meeting 22/02/2012
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FMC Projects
21-02-2012: XTech FMC front-panel kit eases ordering
XTech, the only company that we are aware off that manufactures FMC front panels has now a new part number for a kit that includes all FMC mechanical components: the panel with its EMC gasket, two 10mm standoffs and all required screws.
White Rabbit Switch - Testing
Jabber Meeting 07/02/12
You will find attached the log of today’s jabber meeting. Quick summary: - We will deal with production tests first. - Many of them will need bare metal in the ARM CPU, i.
White Rabbit Switch - Testing
Test Framework comparsion
Alessandro has compared different Test Framworks, see in files tag
FMC Projects
FMC projects & co. presented in FOSDEM 2012
A bunch of us attended FOSDEM 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. Presentations included the FMC kit, Self-Describing Wishbone and the ZIO software framework for Linux software support of IO gear.
FMC TDC 1ns 5cha
02-02-2012: V2 design ready
Based on the experience with the V1 prototype, nine Issues were found. Corrections have been made to the schematics and PCB layout and these will be reviewed on 7 February. After this CERN’s design office will generate the final production files.
Simple VME FMC Carrier SVEC
Schematics review held
Three months after CERN placed the order for the design, we received the schematics for the Simple VME FMC Carrier (SVEC). One week later the first design review came up with suggestions to make the design even simpler and more compatible to the SPEC design that it should follow as closely as possible.
CERN Open Hardware Licence
31-01-2012: OHL being discussed on LWN.net
LWN.net is a reader-supported news site dedicated to producing the best coverage from within the Linux and free software development communities. In response to CERN’s Call for Comments LWN.net currently discusses improvements to the CERN OHL licence.