Hi All. ROACH-2 development and testing has gone well over the last two months. At this point we have tested the two prototype boards and are happy that everything works. While there were a number of minor issues, we were able to get everything functioning with a few blue wires and a steady hand. The only item untested is the DRAM, for which I blame Xilinx's trigger happy memory interface group. Work will now start on fixing the various issues.
Have a look at the wiki page for all the latest details and pics: http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/ROACH2 There is a particularly nice image of the board with two CX4 mezzanine cards attached (and working!): http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/Image:Roach2_rev0_2xcx4mezz.jpg For those who are particularly interested, we are planning to have a telecon next week Wednesday to discuss the hardware fixes, changes and the way forward. This will happen at the regular ROACH telecon time. I'll post these details a little later. Kind regards, David -- David George Karoo Array Telescope Tel: +27 11 442-2434
