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Title: Project Status Update 14-06-2015
Post by: Artur D'Assumpção on June 14, 2015, 08:28:10 PM
Hi guys,

It's been a while I have made an update but rest assured we've been working hard on bringing you this new computer system.

As I said on an early report we weren't very happy with the results and overall feeling of the first beta revision of the Ultimation card design. We tried to keep it simple and use the same approach than SSL used back in the days, but when we were bench testing we realized, among other things, they really were reaching the limits of the technology, and that showed on the tests we did. We knew we could do much much better!!

So, we got back to the design board and decided to introduce the new design ideas directly on the VCA card which we now have finished and are printing in the end of the next week. If everything goes as planned we will eventually merge back this new design to the Ultimation card also.
 
We have addressed all the "issues" we have found before and are now confident we have a very robust and reliable design. What we have addressed:



The PCB ended up a bit more populated/dense but we believe the final result pays off.

More news in the next couple weeks.

Cheers,

Artur

Title: Re: Project Status Update 14-06-2015
Post by: Artur D'Assumpção on July 27, 2015, 10:32:14 AM
Hi guys,

Just to let you know we should receive the new Beta 1 cards for VCA consoles during this week! ;) **cross fingers**

Cheers,

Artur
Title: Re: Project Status Update 14-06-2015
Post by: marcmozart on July 27, 2015, 11:14:20 PM
Very excited!