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A small series of the Fine Delay module board has been built to be used in tests for CNGS to help in measuring precisely the speed of neutrinos. One board will be reserved to be used in a prototype setup for the LHC kicker magnets. It was V3 that has been built, V4 will have a slightly different output stage.

A schematics and PCB review had been held for the V4 of the fine delay FMC module. During the review we made suggestions that improve the reliability of the board and will make it more safe to use when no terminations are used on the output signals. Once the modifications are made, CERN will order 40 boards.

The just-arrived V2 prototype was confirmed to work with the new VHDL firmware on a SPEC card. See Measurements for details.

We received assembled prototypes of V2 of the fine delay module. The firmware for the Fine delay module on a SPEC card is being developed and should be ready for demonstration in around two weeks time.

CERN's design office reviewed the PCB layout and generated the production files that are in the same format as over 2000 other CERN designs.

One prototype PCB has been assembled in our lab and immediately powered up. All power supplies are correct and the board's I2C peripherals respond.

The PCB layout has been received for review. It will be reviewed within a day and then quickly three prototypes will be built. In parallel the design will be reviewed by CERN's design office and complete production files will be generated so that the design will be easier to be built by industry.

A review of the functional system specification has been held. It resulted in some minor clarifications and in the simplification that input pulses will be ignored until the previous input pulse delay has expired.

See wiki.