Just a few note to ensure that you are all set to have your boards shipped and that you are ready to use the board when it gets to you.
1) if you if have not given us your phone numbers please click the following link to input it into a form for us. In case you missed the last update, phone numbers are required for shipping the boards.
2) Only the earlybird boards have shipped. If you are not an early bird backer your board will be shipping at the end up April. Stay tuned and thanks for your patience.
Status on shipping of Earlybird boards
There have been many questions about when the early bird boards will be showing up. We have been told that it can take up to 15 days for delivery depending on the country being delivered to. It is possible for further delays if there is conflict with customs, which there should not be. Our drop shipper was careful about the labeling of the “electronics development board” and have kindly set an optimal “value” for any import taxes. So for early bird users, hang in there and give it some time.
Pictures of the Early Bird Boards!
There are some happy users that have gotten their boards and are up and running! Some of them got their boards before we did - Lucky Ducks! We did get our early bird boards and they are beautiful! Our MFG has done an exceptional job on the first MFG run. Here are some pictures fo the MFD’d boards.
Status of MFG for the rest of the Boards
Our MFG is underway to MFG all the rest of the boards. We are still on track for the large MFG run to be complete at the end of April when we will ship all of the remaining boards.
Get Familiarized with the Wiki documentation
We are hard at work getting our wiki filled in with all of the information that you will need to get started and to work with the applications and drivers. Now would be a good time for you to have a look at the quickstart guides that will get you up running with all the information you need.
LOGI-Board documentation on the wiki
PREPARE TO INSTALL XILINX ISE Webpack
Probably the biggest hassle of setting up to use the FPGA is getting a hold of the ISE install files. The download size is about 6GB. If you do not have internet bandwidth to support this download you can request to have a DVD sent to you directly from Xilinx. I don’t know how long this shipping takes, so it’s a safe bet to request your DVD now.
If you see any errors or have suggestions for improvement please let us know!
The LOGI-Team