[Cryptech Tech] Alpha status

[Leif Johansson]

On 2016-05-12 16:44, Fredrik Thulin wrote:
> On torsdag 12 maj 2016 kl. 11:19:16 CEST Fredrik Thulin wrote:
>> We've started the bring up of the Alpha board. It is alive!
>>
>> Power levels and sequencing have been tested OK, and we see the FPGA on
>> JTAG.
>>
>> I'll try to live-tweet the rest of it @fredrikt5.
> 
> The first day of testing was a great success. All the hardware we tested today 
> basically worked.
> 
> What remains to test tomorrow is the FMC bus. This is the most complicated 
> part of the board, with 32 data bits and 24 (?) address bits moving at about 
> 100 MHz.
> 
> Given the encouraging results from today I can't be anything but optimistic 
> =).

w00t!!