1 - we've started to populate the circuit boards. Parts continue to trickle in. 2 - the housing is currently in the shop and is starting to take recognizable form. The parts are set to be dip-brazed into one unit soon. 4 - first pass on the design of the PCI interface.
Parts are on order.
The prototype will be a breadboard that plugs into a development kit card that we have in hand. The actual programming cable is on order. The GL design was very clean, and had no active components. We would consider putting the preamps and clock buffers inside the dewar. 2 - Bruce, Ian, Greg and Charlie met with the rep from CryoTiger.