Not the official milestones, but some pragmatic steps:

Simulations

VHDL simulation done by Ingo. First important step is to have a running chain with 2 dummy APLs sending, the complete IOBUFs in between, and the lvds link written by Jan Michel. Simulation seems to be OK (2.3.2007): LVDS is running with 25MHz (slow interface)

* lvds chain:
-- IngoFroehlich - 14 Feb 2006

Tests with hardware

07.05.2007: The communication between the acromag and the TRB test board is running stable now. The acromag contains a simple APL that sends data (it counts from 0 to 5) to the TRB which acknowledges and answers each transfer. Both FPGA are running at 100 MHz while the LVDS transfer has a clock of 25 MHz. -- JanMichel - 07 May 2007

16 Bit

16.10.2007: 16 bit version of the network almost finished. A first test of the new entities in hardware has been done. A sample transfer on a 8Bit LVDS cable with trb_net16:

-- JanMichel - 25 Oct 2007

Tests on the optical link and TLK1501

• Done by M. Palka

Loopback test on the AcromagModule

• Get first communication with the acromag design running
• Make a hub base design
• Connect the modules to a loopback device:
  
• Test interrupts
• Implement software DTU
• Make connection from DTU to software TIP

Connection with the TRB-test board

The TRB test board will have 2 optical links, one SCSI link to connect the AcromagModule and might serve as an old-to-new converter. In this sense, it is a TRB-Net-Hub