BRATOL monthly meeting
CERN
Monthly meeting on the advancement of the BI-EP collaboration for the development of the BI rad-tol optical links
The CTTx assembly pre production samples suffered of some issues at the assembly company. Those were solved after a visit at the premises of the company and the production can start.
The SFP+ tender had an offer significantly lower than expected. The lowest bidder would provide modules with only the Rx part functional. Comment from Francois that we might be getting pieces that did not pass tests for the Tx part. The second lowest bidder is also much cheaper than expected. Samples for tests are expected by the 3 lowest bidders. The procurement will be after Antonio's EoC, test set up to be implemented in/transferred to BI?
The CWDM mixes on the other hand are more expensive: overall anyway there will be a reduction of price.
The ROSA assembly had some issue s with the UV curing of the glue: no specs from the glue manufacturer. A change of exposure time has been agreed with the company, and this solved the issue.
The CTRx production should happen between end of 2026 and beginning of 2027. Question for Christos: is this acceptable?