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OHR Support

OHWR maintenance on 2010-10-25 morning (Monday)

added by Enrique García on 2010-10-20 10:48:44.193510 On this maintenance update we’ll install a new project list filtering plugin, as well as some other minor updates.

Gennum GN4124 core

First DMA transfer in both directions

A first bi-directional DMA transfer has been achieved on the Gullwing development board. The interrupt message generation (MSI) is also working fine.

VME FMC Carrier VFC

19-10-2010: 1st assembled board received

1st assembled board received, the front panel should come soon.

CernFIP

19-10-2010: nanoFIP chip working

The design of the nanoFIP chip is working. Tests are progressing very smoothly thanks to the extensive simulation models written by G. Penacoba. The actual hardware is tested on the NanoFIP test board that talks to other equipment in CERN’s WorldFIP laboratory that is run by J.

VME FMC Carrier VFC

15-10-2010: One assembled board in a week's time

The prototyping process found already a small problem with the specification of the solder mask of the 0402 capacitors under the BGAs. This will be corrected. One prototype board with the old masks will be provided on 22 October.

EtherBone Core

First draft of functional spec

The Document document is ready for comments.

White Rabbit

WR switch PTP compliance tested in ISPCS 2010 plugfest

Tomasz went to ISPCS 2010 and tried the prototype WR switch with other PTP-compliant devices during the plugfest. The switch successfully talked PTP with hardware from Hirschmann, Beckhoff, Oregano, Ruggedcom, Semtech and ZHAW.

OHR Support

OHWR maintenance delayed to 2010-10-03 (Monday)

added by Enrique García on 2010-10-01 12:18:41.355747 The ohwr maintenance has been delayed due to technical difficulties. Conditions are the same as before: start around 8:30 am CEST and 30 minutes (approximately) of downtime.

OHR Support

OHWR maintenance on 2010-10-01 morning (Friday)

added by Francisco Juan on 2010-09-29 11:22:16.709198 We’ll be performing upgrade tasks on the ohwr.org server. This upgrade will fix the mailing list tab localization problem. The maintenance work will start around 8:30 am CEST and the site will be down for 30 minutes (approximately).