In order to expedite the schedule, all information on the existing SPAC hardware will be transferred from LAL to Paris, where all new development work needed should occur. It is expected that the LAL team will do their best to ensure a satisfactory transfer. Pierre Borgeaud has kindly agreed to facilitate this transfer. Measurements with similtaneous read and write were performed. A 300 ps drift time between the analog data and the sampling clock along the channel is observed.
Testing is underway.
So far so good. An engineering meeting is foreseen in Nevis on Dec 15. The order for module 0 SCA's should be submitted just after. March 98 expect to receive the chips. The clock distribution has been worked out.