I have some vacation time coming up, so I'll be taking a break from the hardware aspects of the Kestrel-3. I was hoping to have the Backbone Bus board layout completed by now. I'll make a last-ditch effort to finish it this weekend and get some boards ordered. Hopefully, I'll get the parts and the boards back by the time I return home. But, even if not, that's OK; there's still some Verilog to get working.

OK, a lot of Verilog.

While away from home, I'm planning on spending some quality time with the Icarus Verilog to work on bits of the CPU and/or the CGIA. I have no idea how far I'll get in the next two weeks or so, this being a vacation and all. However, as I accomplish things, I'll be sure to keep folks updated with some posts here.

For those wondering, I'm going to participate in a new Star Trek New Voyages film shoot (I usually work digital ingest, which is what allows me to work on Kestrel things). However, if I end up working something other than digital ingest, like grip or audio, I'm sure that'll distract me from Kestrel work. It's all good though; a vacation is supposed to be fun and relaxing.

Eagerly looking forward to (up to) two weeks of Kestrel development time! Since this is a vacation, though, no promises on any kind of useful productivity.