FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha News
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.
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.
FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha
20-09-2011: Production of 40 cards starts
After a succesful price enquiry, CERN has decided to use the company INCAA Computers in The Netherlands to produce 40 FMC ADC cards. They will be delivered in January 2012. CERN needs to finalise the production test software still before shipping a test bench to INCAA.
FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha
29-03-2011: V2 works on the SPEC
A first version of the firmware (single shot) has been tested on the SPEC along with a python test program. The acquired ADC data are read from DDR3 via DMA.
FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha
25-03-2011: ADC card usable for radio telescopes?
The Oregan State University (OSU) refers to the Open ADC design on their Radio Telescope website. The aim of OSU’s project is to build a small radio telescope for use in the 1 to 2 GHz range which can be used to make RF maps of interesting celestial objects and provide observational images in real time on a web site.
FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha
07-01-2011: Ten V2 boards arrived
Ten V2 boards have arrived and are ready for testing.
FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha
25-10-2010: OHR design possibly used for Hadron therapy
One of the prototype FMC ADC cards has been donated to the non-profit institution TERA. The primary objective of the TERA Foundation is the development of radiotherapy techniques based on the use of hadron particles.
FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha
25-10-2010: Ten V2 boards will be produced
After extensive testing of the prototype card (V1), several improvements have been made. This culminated in the V2 version of which ten will be produced, to be available on a December timescale.
FMC ADC 100M 14b 4cha
08-09-2010: Testing continues
The ADC board is extensively being tested. The harmonics problem seen was actually caused by the signal generator used. The I2C bus is tested and accessing the EEPROM memory, setting the sampling frequency and making temperature measurements are now possible.