FMC PCIe Carrier PFC News
FMC PCIe Carrier PFC
28-05-2010: First component placement
A first idea of how the board will look like can be seen from the image of the component placement (see the wiki page). The board will be implemented as a full-size (long) PCIe card that will ease routing.
FMC PCIe Carrier PFC
26-05-2010: Gennum engineer will review schematics
The schematics review is planned to be held on 2 June. Gennum will also review the schematics. Having this company, that designed the PCI Express interface chip that we use on the board, will definitively help to make a first-class open hardware design!
FMC PCIe Carrier PFC
18-05-2010: Schematics finished, transfered to design office
The schematics have been finalised and have been given to the design office for the starting of the PCB layout. Also the mechanics of the front-panel has been designed: one FMC module, one fibre-optic transceiver and one LED just fit on it.