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TDC core

First test results

The test report of the time to digital converter (TDC) core is available in the documents section: https://www.ohwr.org/project/tdc-core/wikis/Documents/Test-report.

FMC DIO 5ch TTL a

07-11-2011: 5ch Digital I/O commercially available

The 5 channel digital I/O FMC module will be commercialised by the Spanish company Seven Solutions in Spain. This same company produces the SPEC board and is currently developing the White Rabbit switch.

OHR Meta Project

03-11-2011: First CERN OH product in catalog of company

The FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha FMC card designed at CERN is available as a product in the catalog of the Dutch company INCAA Computers. It is the first CERN Open Hardware product that is available this way.

FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha

03-11-2011: FMC ADC in company's catalog

The FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha FMC card designed at CERN is available as a product in the catalog of the Dutch company INCAA Computers. It is the first CERN Open Hardware product that is available this way.

VME FMC Carrier VFC

24-10-2011: 10 V2 boards will be assembled

After the recommended changes from the design review were made, twenty PCBs will be built. First only ten of them will be assembled. Preliminary tests will decide if the other ten will be assembled later.

Simple PCIe FMC carrier SPEC

13-10-2011: CE EMC tests will be made

CERN has placed an order for EMC testing according to EN 55022(2006) /A1(2007) + EN 55024(1998)/A1 (2001)/A2(2003). Once these tests are done, it will allow the board to carry the CE approval.

OHR Meta Project

TWEPP conference presents OHR

At the TWEPP conference in Vienna, Austria, the poster Open Hardware for CERN’s Accelerator Control Systems has been presented.

VME FMC Carrier VFC

06-10-2011: V2 layout ready. Needs review.

The layout of the V2 is ready. The schematics and PCB design will be reviewed by a team of at least 4 people. The changes are the result of many tests done before and the design review held in August.

FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha

10-10-2011: Feedback from fabricator improves design

INCAA, the company who will make the first series production of the ADC card, reviewed the design before production. They found a problem in the schematics (the 6 Volt rail could be 6.