1. Gigabit Ethernet Design ECE 4006C – Spring 2003
Group 7
Presentation #7
Shilo Ayalon
March 13th, 2003

2. Progress Report All parts ordered Financial Budget Finalized.
VCSELs and PDs are here.
Boards should be here by today.
Passives are expected as soon as Friday.
Financial Budget Finalized.
Midterm paper almost done.
Soldering and testing are around the corner.
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3. Spring Break was Good…
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4. Now… Back to Work
We have ordered all of our board components, and most of them are here already.
Still waiting on boards and passives.
Boards should come in this week.
Passive early next week.
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5. Passives and Connectors Ordered
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6. Financial Budget
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7. Midterm Paper Progress
Paper almost complete.
Writing tasks were divided to save time and maximize group efficiency (group).
Each group member wrote the parts with which he had the most interaction.
Courtenay: Board layout, design and testing.
Shilo: Optical Link Budget.
Dhairya: Financial Budget, components.
Jed: Ordering parts and related, soldering.
Pranjal: Introduction.
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8. Midterm Paper (cont’d)
Final paper review session coming up (Monday probably).
Conclusions and Abstract will be written once the rest is complete. All group members will participate.
Write appendixes if needed.
We will make an effort to remain within the limits of paper length (24-26 pages).
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9. Soldering and Testing Soon…
As soon as all the parts are here, boards will be soldered and tested by our top men.
2 designs on each board.
We are hoping for good results (design was fairly aggressive after all…).
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10. Gantt Chart Scheduled Progress On Schedule Progress Event
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11. Next Week..(After Spring Break)
Start board soldering and testing.
Midterm paper is due Thursday (1 week from today).
Thoughts and reflections about 2nd run…
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12. Dan Quayle Quote of the Day..
“For NASA, space is still a high priority...”
~ Vice President Dan Quayle, 09/05/1990
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