Cc: hobbs@sbhep.physics.sunysb.edu
Subject: TFC budget/schedule summary


  o Status and schedule

         design is nearing completion.
         prototype order expected           Nov. 14*
         prototypes expected back to us     Nov. 30    (minimal assembly)
         TFC standalone tests               Dec.1 - Feb. 28
         system testing                     ???? 
         production order placed            ????
     
       *Horst and Uli: A Phenix emergency cropped up late last week.   
           This is going to bump us by 2 weeks.  Chuck has to replace some
           boards that came to phenix from another group.  I don't know
           the whole story, but he's stepping in to get the fix going, after
           which Jane and Phenix folks will take it over.

  o TFC Budget situation
                                                          Est. Remaining
                                      Budget    Spent        purchases
           Shop (design, etc):         $90k      $22k           $50k
           Prototyping + production:  $290k      $40k          $150k
           Originally Fermilab:         $0k      $43k           ???
           ================================================================
           TOTAL                      $380k     $105k          $200

                We estimate having roughly $75k left.

                The prototyping and production costs are for the TFC 
                daughtercard only and do not include the motherboards
                or receivers/transmitters

                The "remaining" numbers are based on the original
               30 board count (for prototyping and production).
                           
            The "originally fermilab" category consists of the Rittal crate, 
            the fibers and the splitters.