Excitement and Unexpected Flickers in Board Testing

Much of the work at Oxide goes into hardware and software used to build and test the eventual product. Bryan and Adam were joined by Ian, Doug, and Nathanael to talk about "Minibar", a rig for connecting up an Oxide server (code name: Gimlet) for manufacturing and internal use. Triumphs and catastrophes including stabbing a connector with a guide pin and bringup mishaps!

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included Ian Sobering, Doug Wibben, and Nathanael Huffman,

Some other, related Oxide and Friends

• OxF: Cabling the Backplane
• OxF: The Network Behind the Network
• OxF: The Power of Protoboards

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