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Panos is waiting for the last few remaining parts to arrive. Most notably the FT232 USB chip. We're expecting they will arrive later this week.

Here is the first picture of a sub-board, which also arrived in Greece. None completed yet but all the parts fit - and they fit in the Mhero S R case.

Here is a picture of the patch Panos has skillfully applied to the boards.

The boards arrived in Greece. Panos is in the process of adding some final parts and trying them out.

Some good news:
FPGA is seen on JTAG
FPGA can be flashed ok
The core runs, the USB keyboard is working, SD card access is working.

Some bad news:
Video DAC regulator didn't work. We're not clear why, but Panos patched it to use the main 3.3V regulator and its now working well. On the previous prototype we only used a single regulator so this is a tested setup.

More news as we continue with testing.

The PCB company sent us an initial picture!

We received an update from the PCB company. Unfortunately it wasn't to say 'shipping' as we'd hoped.

Instead they requested some more information for their machine setup, so apparently they have not started assembly yet as promised!

They now have the information they need so I trust they will start this without further delay.

Sent on:9:04 amFrom:Eric Wu
hi Panos
THE COMPONENTS WILL COME HERE ON MONDAY
THEN START to fabricate
about 3-4days to ship out

SUB BOARD
Techonology Finished Finished Time
MI (Manufacture Instruction) 2017/3/30 23:25:07
Board Cutting 2017/3/31 6:11:23
Drill 2017/3/31 6:20:52
First Routing 2017/3/31 10:39:14
Plated Through Hole 2017/3/31 10:39:21
Circuit 2017/3/31 14:29:37
Etching 2017/4/1 3:37:24
AOI 2017/4/1 11:10:01
Solder Mask 2017/4/1 14:51:25
Silkscreen 2017/4/1 18:36:48
Surface Treatment 2017/4/1 19:46:38
Double Drilling 2017/4/1 20:59:12
Routing 2017/4/1 23:05:01
Testing 2017/4/2 14:41:13
Package 2017/4/2 15:14:39
Delivery Ready

Techonology Finished Finished Time
MI (Manufacture Instruction) 2017/4/1 21:45:19
Board Cutting 2017/4/1 21:56:23
Drill 2017/4/3 0:00:18
Inner Circuit 2017/4/2 8:42:02
Inner Etching 2017/4/2 10:53:08
Inner Laminating 2017/4/2 21:49:04
Plated Through Hole 2017/4/3 3:41:22
Circuit 2017/4/3 4:14:26
Etching 2017/4/3 9:47:36
AOI 2017/4/3 11:52:37
Solder Mask 2017/4/3 14:39:13
Silkscreen 2017/4/3 18:08:43
Surface Treatment 2017/4/4 1:33:02
Double Drilling 2017/4/4 2:15:31
Routing 2017/4/4 2:15:37
Testing 2017/4/4 9:55:08
Package 2017/4/5 9:17:10